Equal Pay Day: But gender pay gap still over 50%

New statistics gathered on behalf of the Fawcett Society and Unison reveal wide regional variations in the size of the gender pay gap throughout the UK.

 

On average in Great Britain women earn 21.2% less than men but the highest gender pay gap is found in West Somerset, where female workers earn 52.7% less than their male colleagues. In Enfield, London, the pay gap is just 1.5%. There were also a few areas where men earned less than women. For example, in East Renfrewshire, f... (678 more words)

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