Closing gender pay gap 'won't solve inequality'

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Closing the gender pay gap would do almost nothing to end division in British society, the Government's equality tsar declared yesterday.

Harriet Harman's drive to achieve equal pay for women has little relevance to the wider issue of tackling inequality, Professor John Hills said as he launched a landmark report into inequality.

He said family background and class play a far larger role in shaping future earnings than gender, in a major blow to the Equality Minister and one of her key policies.