Well, although I'm not an lsp, I am support staff and relative to normal earnings I did very nicely thank you on
maternity pay. The 12 (and it was definitely 12 that I got, not 26!) weeks half pay +SMP works out to more than my normal pay. But think about what that says about my normal pay.... Similarily, during my smp-only weeks I was much better off than I am now that I've ...