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 · Sep 11
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 · Aug 12
‘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 · Mar 22
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 · Mar 9
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 · Feb 12
‘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 · Dec 25, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025
Why MPs are set to tell bad dad jokes during Commons debate The debate will occur on International Men’s Day The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025
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… The Conversation · Jun 11, 2025
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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 · May 2, 2025
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 · May 1, 2025
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 · Mar 30, 2025
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 The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025 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 · Dec 2, 2024 ‘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