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Pressure grows on Burnham to commit to increasing statutory paternity leave

Exclusive: Calls from Labour grow as 105 MPs write to PM urging ‘obvious’ step to alleviate cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Paid police paternity leave to double after fathers reported being ‘ostracised’

Exclusive: Pay increases to two weeks in England and Wales after Guardian revealed officers ‘mocked’ for taking time off

The Guardian - UK

‘I went back to work the day after my child was born. Paternity leave is a nightmare for dads like me’

It would cost the government between £13 to £38 million to introduce paternity leave for self-employed fathers, which does not exist in the UK

The Independent UK

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Why construction workers will be handing condoms to MPs

Currently, self-employed fathers are not entitled to any paternity leave or pay

The Independent UK

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

About 39% of separated parents say not sharing caring responsibilities contributed to breakdown of relationship

The Guardian - UK

‘Lost decade’ of progress after UK introduced shared parental leave, say experts

Research suggests fewer than one in 60 public sector workers share leave with partners when they have a baby

The Guardian - UK

Wanna hear the one about the low-paid dad who took paternity leave?

MPs will tell ‘dad jokes’ in parliament to highlight ‘real joke’ of UK paternity leave, which is a class issue

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Why MPs are set to tell bad dad jokes during Commons debate

The debate will occur on International Men’s Day

The Independent UK

British dads are going ‘on strike’ for better parental leave

UK campaign group The Dad Shift is staging a “dad strike” on June 11, to protest the poor paternity leave available to fathers in the UK. Fathers and other parents are being asked to “picket or pickup” – to leave work and join protests at government buildings, or use this…

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

Parents will protest with their babies in Whitehall next month in what has been hailed as a ‘revolutionary’ moment in the gender equality movement

Evening Standard

British men urged to join ‘Dad strike’ calling for more paternity leave

Exclusive: Fathers planning protest with babies in London on 11 June to highlight UK’s ‘rubbish’ statutory leave, least generous in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Police officers ‘mocked and ostracised’ for paternity leave in England and Wales

Exclusive: Most only take a week’s leave, and paternity pay for back-office staff in Met is nearly three times higher

The Guardian - UK

Group of Labour MPs seeking to steer young men away from ‘toxic influencers’

Exclusive: new group of predominantly male MPs urge party to speak to men directly to tackle toxic masculinity

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Scottish Secretary to become first Cabinet minister to take full paternity leave

Ian Murray will take two weeks off next month as he and his wife expect their second child.

The Independent UK

‘Not just broken but elitist’: UK’s top earners benefit most from shared parental leave

Just 10,600 new fathers took shared parental leave in the tax year 2023-24, compared with 623,100 women taking up paid maternity leave over the same period

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