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‘He looked at me and said: “So you really are working class”’: Alan Johnson on the need for better paternity leave

Exclusive: Former Labour minister says working-class fathers are being shortchanged and budget should correct it Parliament was in recess when Tony Blair called Alan Johnson up to his flat above No 11.

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