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Attempts to close the pay gap between men and women appears to be "grinding to a halt", the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said. | Attempts to close the pay gap between men and women appears to be "grinding to a halt", the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said. |
Its wide-ranging 700-page report said women on average earned 16% less than men, widening to 27% for women aged 40. | Its wide-ranging 700-page report said women on average earned 16% less than men, widening to 27% for women aged 40. |
It also found schoolgirls of all ethnic backgrounds outperformed boys, with Chinese girls the top group at 16. | It also found schoolgirls of all ethnic backgrounds outperformed boys, with Chinese girls the top group at 16. |
Commission chairman Trevor Phillips said today's Britain was more tolerant but inequality threatened to divide it. | Commission chairman Trevor Phillips said today's Britain was more tolerant but inequality threatened to divide it. |
The study entitled How fair is Britain? draws on a range of data and surveys and is the first in a series of reports to be produced for Parliament every three years. | The study entitled How fair is Britain? draws on a range of data and surveys and is the first in a series of reports to be produced for Parliament every three years. |
It describes today's Britain as more tolerant of diversity and much less tolerant of discrimination against women, different races and sexual orientation than in past years. | It describes today's Britain as more tolerant of diversity and much less tolerant of discrimination against women, different races and sexual orientation than in past years. |
It said there was less opposition today to working for an ethnic minority boss or to inter-ethnic marriages, while stereotypical views of women and men's roles in the family and society had moved on. | It said there was less opposition today to working for an ethnic minority boss or to inter-ethnic marriages, while stereotypical views of women and men's roles in the family and society had moved on. |
However, the report highlighted concern that racial and religious prejudice were increasing. | However, the report highlighted concern that racial and religious prejudice were increasing. |
It said the British public were broadly positive about the economic contribution of immigrants. | It said the British public were broadly positive about the economic contribution of immigrants. |
While three-quarters said they were concerned about the scale of immigration at a national level, about the same proportion felt immigration was not a problem for their own communities. | While three-quarters said they were concerned about the scale of immigration at a national level, about the same proportion felt immigration was not a problem for their own communities. |
The report also warned that the ageing population was creating new kinds of "chronic disadvantage", as many middle-aged couples struggle to look after two generations - their parents and teenage children. A quarter of women in their 50s are carers. | The report also warned that the ageing population was creating new kinds of "chronic disadvantage", as many middle-aged couples struggle to look after two generations - their parents and teenage children. A quarter of women in their 50s are carers. |
When it came to pay, the report said the gap between men and women was lowest for those under the age of 30, rising more than five-fold by the time workers reached 40, with a "pernicious earnings penalty" affecting some ethnic minority and disabled people. | When it came to pay, the report said the gap between men and women was lowest for those under the age of 30, rising more than five-fold by the time workers reached 40, with a "pernicious earnings penalty" affecting some ethnic minority and disabled people. |
Women with no qualifications faced a 58% loss in earnings over their lifetime if they had children, said the commission. | Women with no qualifications faced a 58% loss in earnings over their lifetime if they had children, said the commission. |
Disabled men earned 11% less than other male workers, while the gap was 22% for women. | Disabled men earned 11% less than other male workers, while the gap was 22% for women. |
Black graduates faced a pay penalty of up to 24%, the study suggested. | Black graduates faced a pay penalty of up to 24%, the study suggested. |
Total household wealth of the top 10% in society was almost 100 times higher than for the poorest 10%, while one in five people lived in a household with less than 60% of average income. | Total household wealth of the top 10% in society was almost 100 times higher than for the poorest 10%, while one in five people lived in a household with less than 60% of average income. |
The report also suggested men and women from the highest social class could expect to live for up to seven years longer than those from lower socio-economic groups. Black Caribbean and Pakistani babies were twice as likely to die in the first year of life as Bangladeshi and white babies. | The report also suggested men and women from the highest social class could expect to live for up to seven years longer than those from lower socio-economic groups. Black Caribbean and Pakistani babies were twice as likely to die in the first year of life as Bangladeshi and white babies. |
The report also said conviction rates for rape were "stubbornly low", that obesity was on the rise, and that two-thirds of gay, lesbian and transsexual secondary school students said they had been bullied. | The report also said conviction rates for rape were "stubbornly low", that obesity was on the rise, and that two-thirds of gay, lesbian and transsexual secondary school students said they had been bullied. |
Mr Phillips said: "This review holds up the mirror to fairness in Britain. It is the most complete picture of its kind ever compiled. | Mr Phillips said: "This review holds up the mirror to fairness in Britain. It is the most complete picture of its kind ever compiled. |
"It shows that we are a people who have moved light years in our attitudes to all kinds of human difference, and in our desire to be a truly fair society, but that we are still a country where our achievements haven't yet caught up with our aspirations." | "It shows that we are a people who have moved light years in our attitudes to all kinds of human difference, and in our desire to be a truly fair society, but that we are still a country where our achievements haven't yet caught up with our aspirations." |
He said that 21st Century Britain faced "the danger of a society divided by the barriers of inequality and injustice". | He said that 21st Century Britain faced "the danger of a society divided by the barriers of inequality and injustice". |
"For some, the gateways to opportunity appear permanently closed, no matter how hard they try; whilst others seem to have been issued with an 'access all areas' pass at birth," he added. | "For some, the gateways to opportunity appear permanently closed, no matter how hard they try; whilst others seem to have been issued with an 'access all areas' pass at birth," he added. |
He warned that recession, demographic change and new technology "all threaten to deepen the fault lines between insiders and outsiders". | He warned that recession, demographic change and new technology "all threaten to deepen the fault lines between insiders and outsiders". |
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