Despite a series of “record highs”, women remain under-represented and -paid throughout the workplace.

Recent statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the employment rate for women in the UK at a “record high”, reaching 68.8 per cent.

The figures, covering the period from February to April, give an overall unemployment rate of 5.5 per cent, the lowest level since August 2008. They also show the strongest wage growth since August 2011, with earnings increasing an average 2.7 per cent.