Rejected petition Equality in pay between men and women in the UK

There is inequality in pay between men and women in the UK. For example women are likely to earn £300,000 less than men over their working lives, according to a new analysis that has sparked fresh calls for more shared parental leave to close the UK’s gender pay gap.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/167459

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Date submitted 3 October 2016
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