The day after the Wembley final, the Lionesses wrote an open letter to the Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss laying out demands which are now being met.
Leah Williamson, the England captain, greeted the announcement - on International Women's Day-by saying "this is the legacy that we want to live much longer than us as a team".
She thanked her Arsenal and England teammate Lotte Wubben-Moy for being "a driving force behind this transformational change".
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