Reports and misreports: the link is nursing

Two items, linked by nursing.  The first is a report in The Guardian that Anne Milton, the minister for women, has criticised Sir Philip Hampton for saying that the reason for the much-debated gender pay gap at the BBC is that women had "let it happen" by not doing enough asking.  Sir Philip is not just your run-of-the-mill businessman; he is leading an important review into the role of women in business, so his views matter. Ms Milton took exception to the remark, and rightly so.  Sir Philip's defence is that he was simply acknowledging differences in behaviour, but it was to say the least a careless phrase.  Ms Milton…
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