The gender pay gap for full-time employees has continued to decline in the UK. It was 6.8 % in April 2026, down from 7.2% in April 2025. This compares with 9.4% a decade ago and 16.4% 25 years ago.

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It came as Simon Roberts warned ‘many households are finding things tough at the moment’ amid pressure on consumer budgets.

Judges will be given more powers to banish killers to their cells and block prison visits if they refuse to face their victims’ families as they are sentenced.

A group of women have raised £30,000 for the Ayrshire Hospice through monthly lunches and fundraising activities.

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The banking group said this is the equivalent of about 5 of all its employees, which totalled around 93,000 globally at the end of 2025.

The Government has hit back after Donald Trump’s lead negotiator on the Ukraine war described Russian President Vladimir ...