TUC calls for companies to publish action plans to close the pay gap in workplaces.

In July the Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to end the gender pay gap ‘within a generation’ by forcing large companies – those employing more than 250 people – to publish information about the difference between average male and female earnings.

But as Sally Brett wrote for Touchstone, in his conference speech Cameron said this would “create the pressure we need for change, driving women’s wages up”.