A new report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said that the average full-time pay gap between men and women is at an all time low with the difference now at 9.4%.

This is a drop from 10% a year earlier and equates to approximately £100 a week. However, the decrease was due to men’s wages falling rather than women’s pay rising.

Chancellor George Osborne said the figures were "another sign of progress in the fight for equal pay" although the TUC union said that companies could go further, with better paid, flexible, part-time work opportunities, and better paid leave for fathers to encourage more equal parenting.
However, the ONS also said that overall wage growth was the slowest since records began in 1997.