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Fathers to get 6 months’ paternity leave

We hope that the Government has finally followed our lead and accepted the need for parents to have more flexibility in how they take their paid maternity leave. But Labour’s track record implies that this is a pre-election pledge that could be quietly dropped after voters go to the polls.   Labour went into the last election promising to extend maternity leave to a year, but have broken that pledge.  Why should anyone trust them on paternity leave now?

The truth is that this announcement is a pale imitation of our own proposals. For parents to get true control of their leave after they’ve had a child, we need change. Conservatives’ plans will offer fathers up to double the amount of paid paternity leave compared to the Government’s own policy and will give parents more flexibility as they will be able to take their leave simultaneously.

31st January 2010