Hundreds of bereaved parents have signed a petition calling on the Government to prioritise maternity services, which will be delivered to Number 10 today.
Among the signatories are Annie Lennox, the singer and campaigner, and Kym Marsh, the Coronation Street actress, who have both lost babies.
On average 10 babies are delivered stillborn every day in Britain, while there are seven 'neonatal' deaths (dying within 28 days of birth).
Combined, that is less than one per cent of the 700,000 live births in Britain every year.
But campaigners argue many of these deaths could have been avoided if the babies' mothers had received better care in pregnancy and labour.
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