Gender pay gap widest for minority ethnic women, Labour finds

Analysis of ONS data shows black African women earn 26% less than men; Bangladeshi women 28% and Pakistani women 31%

Most UK women from ethnic minority backgrounds have already stopped earning two months before Equal Pay Day, a new analysis by the Labour party shows, renewing calls for the government to introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reports.

Last year, 18 November was marked by Fawcett Society as Equal Pay Day, the last day in the year where the average woman stopped earning relative to the average male worker because of the gender pay gap.