British families should copy southern Europeans and take grandparents on holiday, says new loneliness minister

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ritish families should follow the example of their counterparts in southern Europe by taking their grandparents on holiday and including them more in their daily lives, the new Loneliness minister says today.

Conservative MP Mims Davies said communities have a “moral duty” to stop the elderly feeling abandoned and urged employers to give staff time off to care for their parents.

In her first interview since succeeding Tracey Crouch in the Culture department seven weeks ago, Ms Davies said Britons can learn from the way southern Europeans include grandparents in their lives.

She said: "Very often you will be out on holiday - a few of you in a small British family - and you will find this huge,...