Lawyers in the City of London have welcomed the UK Government’s Equality Bill, published yesterday to encourage greater disclosure of company wages, saying the measures could be “extremely helpful” in quashing the gender pay gap in the capital’s financial sector.

The bill has been pushed through to help end discrimination in the workplace, with the finance sector a particular priority, according to a government paper entitled 'A Fairer Future- The Equality Bill and other action to make equality a reality'.