IT'S women who are bringing home the bacon in Burnley!

Latest figures show that there is now a higher percentage of women working in the borough than men.

A total of 50.1 per cent of women are in employment, compared to 49.9 per cent of men.

In other parts of East Lancashire there are still more men than women in work, although the gap is closing.

The GMB union, which compiled the figures, said they demonstrated that in many areas of the North West women were now the breadwinners and that more should be done to ensure equal pay.

"Lower wages for women will simply act as a brake on the economic development of these local economies," said Giovanna Holt, equal rights office for the Lancashire region.

"We call on employers, public authorities and trades unions to work together to at long last achieve genuine equal pay in the workplaces of Britain."

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