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The number of parents claiming shared parental leave pay hit 24,700 last year — the first time take-up has exceeded Whitehall expectations of its popularity since the right was introduced in 2015. Officials believed between 2 per cent and 8 per cent of the estimated 285,000 new fathers in work each year would agree with…

TalkTalk’s bond price has fallen to a new low as the embattled telecoms company races to secure a new deal with debt-holders by the end of this month. One of the broadband provider’s bonds was trading at 66.25p in the pound on Friday, down nearly 9 per cent in a week. TalkTalk is in the…