More than 1,000 BAE Systems employees based at factories at Warton and Samlesbury have accepted a 6% pay rise following ongoing strike action.

A third (32%) of UK staff do not feel confident that they will retire with a comfortable income, rising to 48% of workers aged 45-54, according to research by Barnett Waddingham, part of Howden.

The government has confirmed its commitment to introducing mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for employers with more than 250 employees.