Starmer accused of delaying law change on ethnic minority pay gap over fears of Farage backlash
Starmer criticised over delays to ethnicity pay gap law change
- Keir Starmer's government has been accused of delaying legislation to mandate ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers.
- A scathing letter from the Ethnicity Pay Gap Steering Committee questioned why it has taken six months to introduce the promised legislation.
- Norreen Biddle Shah, who wrote the letter, suggested the delay is due to concerns about political pushback, particularly from Nigel Farage's Reform party, whose popularity has recently surged.
- Campaigners argue that closing the ethnicity pay gap could add £37 billion annually to the UK's GDP and ensure employees feel valued and treated fairly.
- Unlike gender pay gap reporting, ethnicity pay gap reporting remains voluntary in the UK, despite evidence of persistent pay inequalities for ethnic minority workers.