Lord Mandy has quietly capitulated again to his chums in the boardrooms. Earlier this week, he shelved plans to let mothers and fathers share a year of leave from their place of work to help ease the burden of childcare. The proposal, first raised four years ago, would have meant that a father could take over the full-time care of a child when it was six months old, allowing the mother to return to her job. Bosses, who can probably afford to pay for childcare out of their bonuses, whined that it would be too costly and create “red tape”. Now Mandy has used the excuse of “tough economic times” to put the socially progressive scheme on ice while a “fresh look” is taken at the costs and benefits. Where’s that dustbin?
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