Claim: The Conservatives allowed the gender pay gap to rise.
Fact-check: How has the gender pay gap changed under the Conservatives? - Full Fact
Verdict: ms dodds hasn't explained what this claim is based on. office for national statistics data shows both the overall gender pay gap and gap among full-time workers have fallen since the conservatives took office in 2010, and also since 2015 and 2019. there has been a rise in the gap among full-time workers since 2020, though there's some uncertainty over this data due to the pandemic. other figures show a slight rise in the gap at larger employers since 2017, but this data doesn't cover smaller employers as the ons figures do.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-10-16T00:00:00