‘I’m a dad first, an MP second’: Labour’s Luke Charters on breaking paternity leave taboo

MP, who is employing a locum and taking extended leave, says he hopes other Commons dads will follow suitWhen the Labour MP Luke Charters announced he was planning on taking at least four weeks paternity leave when his second son was born, he received dozens of messages of support and encouragement from constituents. But among the congratulations, one grumpy social media user had posted: “I hope you have a good rest.”“I snapped back and said that view is part of the problem,” he says, speaking from the House of Commons. “Paternity leave – any parental leave – is not rest, it’s essential caregiving at the start of a child’s life.” Continue reading...

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