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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Josh Halliday North of England editor

Families falling apart because of UK’s ‘broken’ paternity leave, study suggests

Closeup of man with 'Dad Strike' logo on T.shirt feeding a baby from a bottle
A man feeds his baby during a protest in London last summer organised by The Dad Shift, calling for longer paternity leave for fathers. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

More than one in three separated parents believe the UK’s “pitiful” paternity leave played a part in their breakup, research has suggested.

The campaign groups, The Dad Shift and Movember, said hundreds of thousands of families were falling apart as a result of a parental leave system described by MPs as “one of the worst in the developed world”.

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