Whitehall gender pay gap bigger than BBC

Whitehall gender pay gap bigger than BBC

Whitehall has a larger pay discrepancy between male and female workers than the BBC, with certain departments having a gender pay gap of 17%, new figures show.

Women are paid less than men across the civil service, with an overall pay gap of 12.7%.The UK's top civil servant Sir Jeremy Heyward said the data was a "matter for concern" – BBC reports.

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