MP CAROLINE ANSELL: More needs to be done to close gender pay gap

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Feb 2016, 07:00 BST

Caroline Ansell, MP for Eastbourne SUS-160224-134501001

Figures came through last week about the gender pay gap here in Eastbourne and Willingdon, and they make for interesting reading.

Against a national backdrop where men are still earning some 19 per cent more than women on average, locally that trend is reversed, and women actually earn 7.4 per cent more than men!

Whilst this may buck the national trend, I still believe that nationally more needs to be done to narrow the gender pay gap.