Shared Parental Leave Fails

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Shared parental leave ‘failing working families’

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Campaigners say shared parental leave is failing working families it was designed to help.

Just 5% of those who took up shared leave came from bottom 50% of earners.

The uptake is heavily skewed towards higher earners, predominantly based in London and south-east England .

The government has committed to reviewing parental leave during its first year in office.

Paul Bowen , who employs roughly 30 people at his pie factory and shop in Chorley , Lancashire , says the rise in National Insurance contributions is the latest in a long line of budgetary squeezes for small businesses like his.

When he was struggling in the early days of fatherhood, he approached North East Young Dads and Lads for help.

He now works for the charity as a "peer enabler", offering the same advice and support from which he benefited.

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