Women in UK ‘more likely than men to be on low pay and struggling’

Cleaners, catering staff and care workers can be trapped in low-paying, insecure jobs. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Half a million more working women are paid below the real living wage than their male counterparts, according to data from the Living Wage Foundation.

It says women have been harder hit by the cost of living crisis because they tend to earn less.