Member

By way of example—and we are encouraging more employers to look into this and take on responsibility—the Department for Education employs more than 7,500 public sector workers and recently joined a small number of private sector employers, including Card Factory, Tesco and John Lewis, in offering a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers. This is where the local offer really kicks in: the partnerships that local authorities have with employers can come up with bespoke solutions in local communities. No one area will be the same, but we need to make sure that the drive to achieve this is universal. We have also committed to a review of the parental leave system to ensure that it best supports all working families.