Should men get six weeks’ paternity leave?

The Government is currently reviewing the UK’s parental leave system. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for mothers and grandmothers, says Anna Whitehouse

British dads are right to protest poor paternity leave. But to focus purely on those early days risks neglecting the vital importance of engaged fathers to kids of all ages. In fact, argues Richard Reeves, it’s those teenage years when dads really come into their own

B ELLA KOSINSKY waved and smiled as her daughter-in-law stumbled up the path. Jodi was pushing the buggy with one hand and holding on to little Aaron with the other, while trying to keep various bags

Ellie Bryan was 30 years old when her world fell apart. She’d just had her baby son, Theodore, but within a week she found herself evicted from the home she lived in with her daughter, Amelia, now sev

As Paige gently lay Oliver in the cot, he murmured, and she bit her lip. Was he about to wake up? It had taken her over an hour to settle him. Sleepily, he half-opened his blue eyes then closed them.

The government’s latest employment bill proposes big shake-ups to our professional lives. Marie-Claire Chappet investigates