Gender pay gap falls below 10%

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After years of stubbornly large gender pay gaps, finally, some good news for women: the gap between what men and women are paid per hour in the UK has fallen below 10% for the first time.

This is because women's earnings grew faster than men's. But before you pop open the champagne, let's not forget that women have been hardest hit by the government's austerity drive, and many are losing their jobs in the public sector, or are forced to work part-time because they can't find a full-time job.