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MPs tell dad jokes to highlight 'bad joke' of UK paternity pay
The Guardian
|November 20, 2025
Toe-curlingly bad jokes are not the preserve of fathers, but as a demographic, dads are widely recognised for their unique comic talents.
Which is why today dozens of MPs, many of them dad-joke specialists, will tell groan-worthy gags in the House of Commons to highlight the “real joke” of paternity leave in the UK. MPs will read out jokes collected from a competition organised by the paternity rights campaign group the Dad Shift and the construction community On the Tools in a debate that takes place the day after International Men’s Day.
The message behind the stunt is serious, said George Gabriel, a co-founder of the Dad Shift. UK paternity leave, at £187.18 a week, is the least generous in Europe, with the UK ranked 40th out of 43 countries by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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