Nick Clegg will announce this week that all Civil Service employees will be entitled to full parental pay from April 2015. Currently, only mothers are entitled to full pay when a couple chooses to share parental leave. The changes will enable more fathers to spend time caring for their new-born children, Mr Clegg will say, adding that he hopes the Civil Service reforms will “blaze a trail” for other employers to follow. It follows an announcement last year in which the government said that from April 2015 parents will have a fully flexible choice over how they split their 52 week parental leave entitlement – other than the first fortnight, which the mother must take.