'Outdated' policy | Parental leave review a 'watershed moment' as experts call for urgent reform

The Government’s upcoming review of parental leave must deliver significant change or risk “letting down” working families, the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has warned.

Publishing its response to WEC’s June report on paternity and shared parental leave, the Government confirmed it will run an 18-month review of the UK’s parental leave system. While ministers have pledged to consider international models and the “fundamental failings” of the current approach, campaigners, MPs and employment experts have said the Government must go further.