The prime minister’s decision to act on the gender pay gap appears to be another example of the Conservatives taking one of Labour’s policy ideas, seizing more of the centre ground after promising a “national living wage” and cracking down on the non-dom tax status. It was acting Labour leader Harriet Harman who first included powers for the government to force companies to reveal their gender pay
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