The party says it is making the call because 'not enough men' are taking leave
Education spokeswoman Munira Wilson said an extra month of use-it-or-lose-it time off could also help many fathers who “simply can’t afford” to spend time with their babies.
Statutory shared parental pay should also double from £172.48 per week to £350 per week to ease the financial burden for families, the Lib Dems said.It argues that commitments on parental leave are central to its promise of a “fair deal,” which forms the blueprint of its policy pledges going into a general election expected next year.
“So Liberal Democrats will turbocharge parental leave, doubling pay so that new parents don’t have to rush back to work if they don’t want to, extending it to cover the first full year of a child’s life.” The party is planning to use the conference, which it believes could be its last before a general election expected next year, to agree on policies to woo so-called “blue wall” voters in southern England.
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