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Today, voters in England and Wales are heading to the polls to choose who they want in charge of their local area. There will be more than 1,600 seats up for grabs at 23 councils around England ...

In a country where women earn almost 15% less than men on average, there appears to be a long way to go still when it comes to the fight for economic gender equality - on International Women's Day ...