The "gender pay gap" reported to the government by Britain’s biggest firms is widening, prompting warnings that women face a bleak and worsening economic picture in 2022. Three years after a new law compelled companies to reveal the difference between male and female wages, data shows that 8:10 organisations with more than 250 staff still pay men more than women. The most recent data shows women are being paid a median hourly rate 10.2% less than their male colleagues, nearly a percentage point higher than the 9.3% gap reported in 2018. The pay gap in the private sector grew from 8% in 2018 to 9% in 2021, while, in the public sector, it grew from 14.4% to 15.5%.
