How much paternity leave should be given in the UK?

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The government is carrying out a once-in-a-generation review of parental leave and pay to modernise the system.How much time off do you think new dads should be given when a baby is born, and why?

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00:00But nothing too much. Perhaps a couple of weeks to support their partner or wife or whatever.

00:09I do think there should be something in place, but I also think that it should be

00:16after a certain amount of time at a job. So they should have incurred the holidays,

00:20managed to accrue the holidays, as opposed to just walk in a new job and say,

00:25my partner's pregnant, I want some time off. I think it should be similar to what the mum

00:31gets given or it should be interchangeable. For example, you both get 10 weeks off.

00:35If she wants to take four weeks off, he should get that six weeks or vice versa. So whoever wants

00:40to go back to work first can. And it gives them equality in she might want to go back to work,

00:46he might want to go back to work. I'm not really sure if it's an advantage in the past and years

00:51gone by where the female's at home and the guy goes to work. And at the end of the day,

00:55if a female is a worker full time, then she's getting looked after already by the state.

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