Grandparents will get paid to look after children in Swedish 'world first' 50 years after country brought in paid parental leave for fathers

Grandparents successful Sweden volition beryllium capable to instrumentality paid permission to look aft children successful a groundbreaking instrumentality change.

Swedish parents tin present transportation their maternity oregon paternity permission to friends and household members who volition beryllium capable to instrumentality clip disconnected enactment and look aft children portion inactive receiving 80 per cent of their salary.

Minister for the aged Anna Tenje told The Telegraph: 'These changes empower parents to signifier their ain lives, portion besides fostering stronger bonds betwixt children and some parents oregon different adjacent relatives.'

Sweden already had a generous parental permission system, offering 480 days.

It was the archetypal state successful the satellite to let paternal permission successful 1974 and lone 17 per cent of fathers with children calved successful 2017 chose not to reap this benefit.

While immoderate politicians person already taken vantage of the changes, specified arsenic the Moderate Party's Andreá Hedin who transferred her paid parental permission to her aunt, others person raised concerns.

Lena Hallengren, a subordinate of the absorption Social Democratic Party, slammed it arsenic a nanny authorities policy.

As of July 1, parents are present capable to transportation up to 45 days of their paid parental permission to a person oregon household member, portion azygous fathers and mothers tin transportation up to 90 days.

The instrumentality has besides been updated to summation the fig of 'double days' - erstwhile some parents tin instrumentality permission unneurotic - from 30 to 60.

'Double days' tin beryllium utilized until a kid reaches 15 months, an summation from 12 months.