Equal-Pay Spat Overshadows Cameron Move to Promote Women
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A dispute over equal pay cast a shadow over U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s bid to promote women as he was forced to use Conservative Party funds to top up the salary of one of his female ministers.
Less than three hours after Bloomberg News reported yesterday that Tina Stowell, the new leader of the House of Lords, would be paid 22,147 pounds ($38,000) less than the man who did the job before her, Jonathan Hill, a party official said on condition of anonymity that the difference would be made up from Tory coffers.