Women working for council earn less than their male colleagues, figures show

Employers with 250 or more workers must publish figures on differences in pay between their employees through the government’s gender pay gap service.

Most local authorities in England and Wales submitted figures for the year to March 2022, with around a third of councils already doing so for the latest financial year.

Figures from the council 2021/22 gender pay gap report, show the median hourly salary for women at the local…