Pregnant pause on baby leave proxy vote vexes MPs

Formal change yet to happen, despite Commons’ vote in favour of parental leave systemAmong the many issues to be considered by MPs before Wednesday’s crucial vote on the EU withdrawal bill is one particular complexity faced by a handful of them: the implications of late pregnancy.With no formal parental leave system in place in the Commons, the precise numbers on the key amendment vote could be swayed by the fact that three MPs who would vote against the government are heavily pregna