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Whitehall struggles to close its gender pay gap

The gender pay gap across the UK economy was 8.3% in April 2022. However, some of the government’s own departments have seen the gap widen this year.

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  • Some of the UK government’s largest departments have seen the gap between what they pay men and women widen in the last year.
  • Overall gender pay gap across the UK economy was 8.3% in April 2022.
  • Cabinet Office saw gender pay gap jump by 6.8 percentage points.
  • Treasury gender pay gap unchanged since last year at 18%.
  • DCMS saw biggest annual reversal in progress from parity to 9.8%.
Whitehall struggles to close its gender pay gap
Parts of the UK government have seen progress on wage equality go backwards over the past year
Financial TimesDaniel Thomas

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