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"MORE than a quarter of jobs in North Lincolnshire are paying less than the living wage. There were an estimated 18,000 jobs in the area paying less than the Out of London Living Wage"

"More than two-fifths of jobs in parts of Nottinghamshire are paying less than the living wage. There were an estimated 14,000 jobs in Mansfield paying less than the Out of London Living Wage"

" Workers face the longest period of stagnant pay since the Second World War while living standards are set to deteriorate to more severe levels…"

" MPs and gender equality activists have put their names to an open letter calling for Prime Minister Theresa May to close the gender pay gap."

" New figures have thrown light on the chasm between male and female earnings in the North East"

" The poverty crisis in the UK has now been highlighted in Wales, as a new report has highlighted the levels of deprivation in the country. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, who carried out the study, also worry that the situation could deteriorate further as the UK withdraws from the EU."

" The LSE Growth Commission was set up in 2012 to provide authoritative and evidence-based policy recommendation…

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its annual set of statistics on the best-paid jobs in the UK. While the average person in the UK earned £34,400 ($42,056) this year, there are some professions that can yield an average of three times that — and it is not just jobs in finance. The ONS compile the raw data by surveying a 1% sample of all the workers who carry out each occupation. It is then used to create the ONS "Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings" report. Take a look at the roles which made the top of the list:

"More than a third of jobs in Lincoln are paying less than the living wage. There were an estimated 19,000 jobs in the area paying less than the Out of London Living Wage in 2016"

"Data released by the Office for National Statistics show that men net an extra £2.53 an hour in South Lanarkshire."

" Equal pay is the fight we thought we’d had. Indeed, it’s the battle we thought we’d won in 1970 with the introduction of the Equal Pay Act. In Britain, our legislation says that for equal work and work of equal value (thanks to the EU), women have a right to equal pay. "

" Diversity and gender equality programmes are now a well-established feature of leading employers’ human resources strategies. Supporting women to remain..."