It’s tempting fate to get into this particular subject again, but I cannot pass by an analysis by the Institute for

An article in last week’s Sunday Times comparing pay and conditions in the private and public sector has caused controversy, with charges that the comparisons made were unfair.

The gap in pay between men and women has narrowed, according to the latest data from the ONS, no matter how you measure it.  

“Say it again, say it often: the public sector is less well-paid” says Polly Toynbee in today’s Guardian. She can say it as often as she likes: but that doesn’t make it true.

Radio 4’s flagship, the Today programme, has fallen for a common misrepresentation of the gap in pay between men and women.