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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Bill Bowkett

Fathers urged to join world’s first 'Dad strike' to protest Britain's 'rubbish' statutory paternity leave

The strike is being hailed as a ‘revolutionary’ moment in the gender equality movement - (PEXELS)

British fathers are being urged to join the world’s first “Dad strike” in London to protest the country’s statutory paternity leave.

Parents are planning to gather with their babies in Whitehall next month in an effort to force the Government to improve the current offer for dads.

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