May throws down gauntlet to successor over paternity leave

Theresa May said she had been deeply affected by a visit to Alder Hay Children’s hospital. Photograph: Charlotte Graham/APTheresa May is throwing down the gauntlet to her successor, pushing for fathers to have more time with their newborns. Writing in the Guardian she says she hopes that better paternity leave and time off work to care for premature infants will be one of her lasting legacies as prime minister.She says the status quo is holding back women and reinforcing the gender pay gap