Six months paid parental leave under Labour

Paid parental leave would be extended from 14 weeks to six months under Labour's child policy announced this afternoon but it would take two terms to be implemented.

It says it would also explore implementing a year's paid parental leave.

It would restore funding to achieve the target of 100 per cent of staff in early childhood centres fully qualified - but again over two terms.

Labour would also extend the In-Work Tax Credit to families dependent on social welfare benefits but that would not be fully implemented until 2018 in three stages.   Full Read