Treasury committee head Harriett Baldwin has revealed how ex-boss at JP Morgan bank cut perk after she returned from maternity leave

The fund manager turned Tory MP fighting sexism in the City

The MP leading a parliamentary inquiry into sexism in the City of London has spoken of the discrimination she faced when working in finance, saying her former employer, JP Morgan bank, refused to pay her full bonus after she returned from maternity leave.

In an exclusive interview with the Observer, Harriett Baldwin described her experience of bias on pay and inappropriate behaviour by senior managers, as the influential Treasury select committee that she chairs prepared to hear from hedge fund bosses in the next stage of its inquiry into gender barriers in financial services.

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