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Employee guide to unpaid paternity leave for bereaved partners: what you're entitled to, eligibility, how to claim, how to cancel and other help available.

• Overview

  You may be able to get unpaid time off work to look after your child if…

• What you’re entitled to

  You can take unpaid leave from the day after the mother, main adopter or…

• Check if you’re eligible

  To be eligible, the mother, main adopter or main intended parent of your…

• Taking other parental leave

  You can take Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave before or after any other…

• Notice period

  You must give your employer notice before you take Bereaved Partner’s…

• Cancel or change your leave

  You can cancel or change your Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave. You’ll…

• Other help

  There’s more help and support available and you may be entitled to…

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Statement by Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Colombia.

• Updated: 12 October 2026

Environment Agency Chief Executive Philip Duffy’s keynote address looking at how the devastating drought changed the way we manage and use water.

• Updated: 23 June 2026

• Updated: 18 November 2021

The public are being encouraged to share their personal memories of Queen Elizabeth II, as the country marks four years since the late monarch’s passing.

• Updated: 16 September 2026

This tax information and impact note only applies to non-UK resident sports people competing in the London Olympic and Paralympic Anniversary Games 2015 from 24 to 26 July 2015.

• Updated: 8 July 2015

Use this form to tell us about the assets in the trust on the 10 year anniversary.