Gordon Brown looks to flexible hours in fight back

Extract: The mothers of all primary school children could be given the legal right to work flexible hours, as the Prime Minister begins a fightback after bruising local election defeats. Mothers of children aged under six are already entitled to ask their employers for part-time and flexible working hours. David Cameron, the Conservative leader, had promised to extend that to more working mothers. Now, a government-commissioned review is expected to recommend that the age limit be at least doubled, giving new rights to at least 2.6 million parents.

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