UK’s gender pay gap ‘won’t close for 30 years’ at current rates

‘Women can’t afford to keep losing out,’ said Paul Nowak, of the Trades Union Congress. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Women in the UK will not be paid the same as men until 2056 at the current rate of progress, according to a Trades Union Congress report.

The gender pay gap, which stands at £2,548 a year, means that women have in effect worked for nothing so far this year, the TUC said.