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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

‘Stuck in the stone ages’: London dads frustrated as 72% given minimum 2-week paternity package

Mueez Oladejo said fathers should be given 52 weeks of paternity leave

(Picture: Supplied)

A London father who was given just two weeks’ paternity leave for his daughter’s birth says England is “stuck in the stone ages” and it contributed to his decision to quit his job.

Mueez Oladejo used all his annual leave to make sure he had six weeks’ paid leave to be at home when his now two-month-old daughter was born.

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