The United Kingdom has the worst paternity leave offer in Europe, with only two statutory weeks of leave, paid at £184.03 a week. As a result, recent research found one in three fathers in the U.K. took no paternity leave after the birth of their child, and one in two families where the fathers took paternity leave reported struggling financially afterward.
Activists from a new campaign group, The Dad Shift, tied model babies to statues of men across central London and called on the government to improve the UK's parental leave options, which are ranked the least generous in Europe for fathers.
Members of The Dad Shift plan to deliver an open letter to Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, later this month, calling on him to take swift action to improve paternity leave. The letter reads: 'During the election you were attacked for wanting to spend even one night a week with your kids. As fathers and parents, we admired both the commitment you show your family and the conviction with which you were willing to defend it.'
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