Income throughout mat leave

You can earn up to £1000 self employed a tax year without declaring I believe so that would be your limit- any more or being employed would effect your maternity pay.

There are several survey websites you can use to take part in surveys and be paid for your time. It’s not massive amounts of money but if you’re consistent it adds up. They pay in vouchers or pre paid master cards x

You should br able to do Keep in touch days after the baby if you wanted.

I started to work from home, and i usually only work a few hours a day. Let me know if you’d be interested in learning more.

if you go over it wouldn’t affect maternity pay it just means you have to do a self assessment the following year and also register as self employed.