Labour produced a set of plans last week to improve the lot of young families.
Proposals include giving all pregnant women the right to give birth in the place of their choosing, while fathers will be given the opportunity to spend the first night in hospital with their baby.
The announcement was portrayed by many pundits as a move to secure the female vote, but is it a realistic goal or an ill-thought-out policy announcement, just weeks before a general election?
Announcing the policy as the government reached its target of opening 3,500 children's centres, Health Secretary Andy Burnham said there were a number of practical issues to overcome, without elaborating on what these were.
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