Ministers have launched a review of parental leave and pay as the current system is "not working" for young families.Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the Government will investigate the whole system for supporting new parents to take time off work when they have a baby, including maternity leave, paternity leave and shared arrangements."We want this to work for millions of families who tell us at the minute that it is not working, so only about one in three new dads take paternity leave

Ministers have launched a review of parental leave and pay as the current system is "not working" for young families.Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the Government will investigate the whole system for supporting new parents to take time off work when they have a baby, including maternity leave, paternity leave and shared arrangements."We want this to work for millions of families who tell us at the minute that it is not working, so only about one in three new dads take paternity leave, mainly for financial reasons," Mr Reynolds told the PA news agency.