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New parents 'should share leave'

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Statutory maternity leave should be cut and time off for parents of young children should be more evenly balanced between fathers and mothers, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has proposed. Deputy chairman of the commission Baroness Prosser discusses claims that the UK has the most unequal arrangements in Europe.

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