New parents are currently eligible for 37 weeks of shared paid leave, which the party wants to extend to 46 weeks.
Statutory shared parental pay should also double from £172.48 per week to £350 per week to ease the financial burden for families, the Lib Dems said.Unveiling the plans at conference, Munira Wilson MP, Lib Dem spokeswoman for education, children and young people, said: “Shared parental leave is long overdue an overhaul in this country.
“By doubling shared parental pay and extending rights to self-employed parents, we are taking a giant step towards a more equitable and family-friendly society, with parents given ultimate flexibility for how they spend their child’s first year.” Schools, sixth forms and further education colleges would receive £390 million a year to offer 12-week tailored support to around 1.75 million children under the plans, the party said as it kicked off its conference in Bournemouth.
The designations would echo a similar international scheme that exists for beaches and marinas which requires a series of environmental standards to be met. Elsewhere, former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said the Illegal Migration Act would be “ripped up on day one” of a Lib Dem government and hit out at Labour for being “too scared” to properly back those in need of sanctuary as he introduced the motion, which was unanimously voted through into policy.
Mr Farron added: “And the Labour Party, slipping back into New Labour habits. Too scared of tabloids to risk being seen to be on the side of those in desperate need of sanctuary and liberation.”
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