Bereaved father wins change to parental leave law in three UK nations

After his wife died in childbirth, Aaron Horsey found he did not have automatic right to paternity leave

A father who was left without the right to parental leave after his wife died in childbirth has won a change to the law in England, Wales and Scotland on the last day of this parliament.

Aaron Horsey found himself battling bureaucracy as well as grief after his wife, Bernadette, 31, died while giving birth to their son, Tim, at Royal Derby hospital in 2022.