Asked at a Downing Street news conference whether he planned to take paternity leave later this year, the PM replied: 'Almost certainly, yes'
The last time a child was born to a sitting prime minister was during Mr Cameron's tenure when he and his wife Samantha welcomed Florence Rose Endellion into their family in August 2010.
Mr Cameron took paternity leave after the birth of Florence, his youngest child, with Mr Hague deputising for him in the House of Commons. But his predecessor Tony Blair refused to take paternity leave while prime minister when his son Leo was born in 2000.Mr Johnson has four grown-up children with his second wife Marina Wheeler, with whom heIn 2013, when he was London mayor, the Appeal Court ruled the public had a right to know that Mr Johnson had an affair with art consultant Helen Macintyre, who later gave birth to their daughter.
In the UK, new fathers can take up to two weeks' statutory paternity leave, with eligible employees paid whichever is lower of £148.68 a week or 90% of their average weekly earnings.
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