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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alexandra Topping

UNBELIEVABLE: British men urged to join dad strike calling for more paternity leave | History Defined

A bearded dad playing guitar to his baby.
The Dad Shift campaign group says said low paternity leave pay means many fathers can’t afford to take any time off after the birth of their children. Photograph: Marina Demidiuk/Getty Images/iStockphoto

British fathers are being urged to join the world’s first “Dad strike” to protest about the UK’s statutory paternity leave, which campaigners say is the least generous in Europe.

Fathers are planning to protest with their babies outside the Department for Business and Trade in London on 11 June in an effort to force the government to improve leave for dads and non-birthing partners.

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