article_snippet: Clegg will promise new fathers six weeks of paternity leave if Clegg party gets into government for a second term .
article_snippet: Clegg will promise new fathers six weeks of paternity leave if his party gets into government for a second term.
article_snippet: Clegg has already pushed for shared parental leave, which starts from next week (April 5).
article_snippet: Clegg was promoting Clegg policy to treble paternity leave to six weeks with Lib Dem minister Jo Swinson (right) as Clegg visited Play Town soft play centre in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire .
article_snippet: Labour have already pledged to increase paid paternity leave to four weeks – and increase paternity pay - which triggered criticism from small businesses that the costs would be prohibitive.
article_snippet: Mr Clegg’s early schemes, in 2011, to encourage parents to share parents time off – called Additional Paternity Leave – was a flop after being found to have an uptake of only 1pc.
article_snippet: But we believe six weeks of paternity leave on statutory pay will be popular and help to change attitudes.
article_snippet: There has been no greater champion for this in government than Jo Swinson, Jo Swinson pushed for six weeks paternity leave in government but the Tories blocked the Tories.
highlights_snippet: Clegg has already pushed for shared parental leave, which starts next week .