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Diskussionen om fördelning av föräldraförsäkring och utbyggnad av gratis förskolevisyelse har nått England.

Labour has already pledged to extend free childcare for three and four-year-olds from 15 to 25 hours a week, but Ms McGovern said she wanted to hear from parents about what else could be done. “It bears saying that not every woman is interested in small children and childcare, but it does no service at all to childcare to wedge it into a pigeonhole of being a women’s issue,” Ms McGovern said.

“Now more than ever the next generation of dads are looking at the costs they pay and the impact on family income. We don’t talk about it in those terms. I am struck how many dads have got in touch with me about this. Childcare is just as much an issue for men.

“Some suggest that men who go part-time and do childcare have a lack of ambition. But we need to create a space where dads can be proud of being dads.”