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New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has highlighted the difference in wages women get compared to their male counterparts. Women are found to get 18% less an hour than men, with this growing to 33% less after having their first child.
Watch this video from the FT explaining why men with degrees earn more than women, taken from the work JRF and the IFS have done on the Gender Wage Gap.
With a third of the most deprived areas in the country being in the North we can't afford to let small towns lose out as big cities thrive. Read Julia Unwin's article on the Northern Powerhouse featured in the Sunday Express.
Join us on September 6 for the launch event of our comprehensive strategy to solve poverty in the UK. The event will set out how the Government, businesses, communities, charities and individuals can all mobilise for a UK free from poverty. Find out more below.
Statistic of the week
Taken from this weeks IFS and JRF Gender Wage Gap research, our latest Stat of the Week highlights the overall progression the hourly-wage gender pay gap has made, but shows a different story for female graduates.
What is poverty? Get the facts about how poverty is measured, what causes it and what the consequences are.
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