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How to ask for a pay rise (and actually get it)

stylist’s editorial director lisa smosarski shares her career wisdom

Talking about money at work is a bit like watching with your family – deeply deeply uncomfortable. Which means it will come as a surprise to exactly no one that there is a gender pay-rise gap: less women than men ask for pay rises in the UK, and when they do they are less likely to be awarded

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