‘Dad strikes’ in London and Edinburgh demand better paternity leave

Hundreds of fathers protest with children to call for two weeks' statutory paternity leave to be increased

Hundreds of fathers took to the streets of London and Edinburgh on Wednesday to demand better paternity leave, in a protest that was billed as the world's first dad strike.

They came with babies in papooses and pushchairs, as they brandished placards and dad jokes to call for an overhaul of the meanest paternity leave system in Europe.