Andy Burnham tells firms to publish salaries in job adverts ahead of new law

Businesses should publish salaries in job adverts now, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is telling firms, rather than wait for a new law to come in that will force them to do so.

The government is planning to make pay details compulsory in adverts, with legislation on the issue being brought forward "as soon as possible".

It argues the change will help jobseekers, particularly those applying…