Press
Find links to a sample of the press coverage received by the High Pay Centre.
BBC Radio 4 Today programme
Deborah Hargreaves discusses executives' contracts and pay-offs with John Purcell from City headhunters, BBC Radio four, 29 Apr 2013
Executive pay comes under greater scrutiny
Rose Jacobs, Financial Times, 29 Apr 2013
George Osborne’s case for austerity has just started to wobble
By Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, 18 Apr 2013
Companies: Up in arms
By David Oakley, Investment Correspondent, Financial Times, 7 Apr 2013
UK groups limit chiefs’ pay rises
By David Oakley, Investment Correspondent, Financial Times, 7 Apr 2013
UK pay plans bypass shareholders
By Alison Smith, Chief Corporate Correspondent, Financial Times, 31 Mar 2013
Vince Cable retracts One Direction earnings ‘attack’
BBC News, 16 Apr 2013
Business Executive pay and bonuses One Direction’s earnings mad, says business leader in City pay de
Jill Treanor, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2013
Do One Direction earn too much? Vince Cable drawn into row over boy band’s £25million earnings
Tamara Cohen, The Daily Mail, 16 Apr 2013
Vince Cable says he didn’t mean to ‘attack’ One Direction after branding their pay immoral
Peter Dominiczak, The Telegraph, 15 Apr 2013
Vince Cable attacks One Direction’s ‘gross and immoral’ £5m earnings
Jack Losh, The Sun, 16 Apr 2013
Minimum wage to rise but 1% hike for young falls behind inflation
Jill Treanor, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2013
Vince Cable U-Turn on ‘Grossly Immoral’ One Direction
Dominic Gover, International Business Times, 15 Apr 2013
Outgoing Shire chief Angus Russell pockets $12m despite fall in profits
Andrew Clark, The Times, 31 Mar 2013
UK pay plans bypass shareholders
Alison Smith, Financial Times, 31 Mar 2013
Centrica bosses split £16m pay pot as customers face 6% gas price rise
Jennifer Rankin, Guardian, 27 Mar 2013
The 770 bankers paid at least £1m: Lloyds becomes last of the ‘Big Five’ banks to disclose pay award
James Salmon, Daily Mail, 25 Mar 2013
Barclays fighting claims it tried to bury details of a £40m jackpot for nine top executives
James Salmon, Daily Mail, 21 Mar 2013
British bank makes grovelling apology to US watchdog
James Salmon, Daily Mail, 21 Mar 2013
Bursting the Poverty Myth
Deborah Hargreaves, New Statesman, 22 Mar 2013
Boss who tried to push through merger of BAE Systems with Franco-German rival received a £1.2m bonus
Peter Campbell, Daily Mail, 20 Mar 2013
Fatcat fury: RBS and Barclays paid more than 500 staff over £1m a year each
Graham Hiscott, Daily Mirror, 8 Mar 2013
Fury over fatcat bankers as 500 Barclays and RBS staff are revealed to be paid more than £1m Read m
James Salmon, Daily Mail, 8 Mar 2013
Row over 95 RBS banker who earn £1million-plus
Steve Hawkes, The Sun, 9 Mar 2013
Income inequality is at highest level since the 1930s, says report
Emily Dugan, Independent on Sunday, 3 Mar 2013
Don’t be too hard on Osborne: the bonus cap is horribly flawed
Alex Hern, New Statesman, 1 Mar 2013
Don’t cap bank bonuses, scrap them
Deborah Hargreaves, Guardian, 28 Feb 2013
Finance industry wages rise faster than any other sector
Martin Williams, Guardian, 26 Feb 2013
Britain battles European Union over curbs on bankers bonuses
Ruth Sunderland, Daily Mail, 20 Feb 2013
£17m bonus bonanza for top Barclays bosses despite string of scandals
James Salmon, Daily Mail, 19 Feb 2013
The skilled executives who justify their soaring salaries with a lack of unique talent
Anthony Hilton, The Independent, 15 Feb 2013
High CEO Pay Relies on ‘Self-Serving Myth’
Bonnie Kavoussi, Huffington Post, 11 Feb 2013
Why have we allowed this unmitigated football gluttony?
Joshua Funnell, New Statesman, 5 Feb 2013
Barclays to cut 3,700 jobs after pre-tax profits fall to £246million from £5.9billion in a year
Anna Edwards and James Salmon, Daily Mail, 12 Feb 2013
High Executive Pay is based on a self-serving myth, says think-tank
Daily Telegraph, 11 Feb 2013
The Phantom Menace that means the rich get richer
Patrick Hosking, The Times, 11 Feb 2013
CEO pay relies on ‘self-serving myth’
Brian Groom, Financial Times, 11 Feb 2013
I DO deserve my £780,000 bonus, insists RBS chief after describing his £1.2million basic pay as ‘mod
James Salmon, Daily Mail, 11 Feb 2013
International CEO myth is revealed
Manchester Evening News, 11 Feb 2013
Seven Reasons to Feel Good about Yourself When Your Bonus is Zero
Luke Hildyard, eFinance, 1 Feb 2013
Aon to defer bonuses for high-paid staff to avoid 50pc tax
Daily Telegraph, 21 Jan 2013
Link bonuses to long-term initiatives
Philip Aldrick, Daily Telegraph, 14 Jan 2013
Banking on a bonus: Anger as head of bailed-out Lloyds is in line for multi-million pound windfall
Daily Mirror, 14 Jan 2013
Huge pay for big bosses fails to improve long-term success of their firms, finds report
Daily Mail Reporter, Daily Mail, 14 Jan 2013
Goldman Sachs bankers to reward themselves a staggering £8.3billion in bonuses
Rupert Steiner, Daily Mail, 14 Jan 2013
Price of watching football will continue to rise despite City fans’ protest
Sean Ingle, Guardian, 13 Jan 2013
FTSE 100 chiefs offer best investor value
David Oakley and Brian Groom, Financial Times, 14 Jan 2013
Value for money study examines pay at the top
David Oakley and Brian Groom, Financial Times, 14 Jan 2013
FTSE companies warned over executive pay
Jill Treanor, Guardian, 14 Jan 2013
Back to reality: Why pay in the banking sector still needs urgent reform
Luke Hildyard, efinance, 3 Dec 2012
Research highlights lack of women in executive roles
Simon Neville and Jill Treanor, Guardian, 12 Dec 2012
Pay still rising for Footsie’s fat cats
City and Finance Reporter, Daily Mail, 3 Dec 2012
Fat cats hope 12 per cent pay rise will slip under the radar
Jayne Atherton, Metro, 3 Dec 2012
Executive Pay: UK’s Top Bosses ‘See 12% Rise’
Sky News, 3 Dec 2012
Executive Pay: UK’s Top Bosses ‘See 12% Rise’
LBC radio, 3 Dec 2012
EXECUTIVES’ PAY ‘UP 12% OVER YEAR’
Daily Express,
Ministers urged to curb soaring executive pay
Mark Leftly and Toby Green, Independent, 3 Dec 2012
Executive pay is four times greater than that of workers
James Hurley, Daily Telegraph, 3 Dec 2012
Rebellion Reins in Directors Pay Deals
Brian Groom, Financial Times, 6 Nov 2012
Executive pay up 27% despite backlash
Juliette Jowit, Guardian, 6 Nov 2012
Executive pay ‘not fair or efficient’
BBC News, 6 Nov 2012
Lloyds dashes hopes it may ban annual bonuses for top staff after saying pay will not be reformed
James Salmon, The Daily Mail, 22 Oct 2012
Lloyds dashes hopes it may ban annual bonuses for top staff after saying pay will not be reformed
James Salmon, The Daily Mail, 22 Oct 2012
Goldman Sachs to hike pay by 15% as it posts almost £1bn profit
James Salmon, This is Money, 17 Oct 2012
Revolts over top pay see fewer bosses get rises
Rupert Neate, The Guardian, 21 Sep 2012
The £8.6m insider who’s taking over at Barclay’s… as bank faces fraud probe
James Salmon, The Daily Mail, 30 Aug 2012
“Glum mums pessimistic about the future for their children”, report finds
Rachel Baker, daynurseries.co.uk, 29 Aug 2012
Mothers: Support youth job creation
The Belfast Telegraph, 28 Aug 2012
Footballers paid 1,500% more than 20 years ago, despite clubs facing mountains of debt
Joanna Robinson, thisismoney.co.uk, 19 Aug 2012
Footballer pay up 1500%
The Press Association, 20 Aug 2012
The Football Crash: are footballers the bankers of modern sport?
Musa Okwonga, The Independent, 20 Aug 2012
Ryanair boss enjoys 29% pay rise
The Week, 17 Aug 2012
Del Missier receives 9m payoff despite authorising Libor fixing
myfinances.co.uk, 26 Jul 2012
Opening Ceremony is only a partial truth
Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, 30 Jul 2012
Mind the gap or we will fall into an economic trap
Brian Campfield, The Belfast Telegraph, 9 Aug 2012
FTSE 100 bosses receive pay increase 5x the average in 2011
Ben Sailsbury, myfinances.co.uk, 17 Aug 2012
What recession? Top bosses’ pay rockets
Nick Goodway, The Independent, 18 Aug 2012
Disgraced Barclays boss who quit over interest rate rigging scandal exits with £9m payoff
James Salmon, The Daily Mail, 26 Jul 2012
‘I don’t deserve’ bonus says Stephen Hester as mounting financial scandals engulf RBS
City Finance Reporter, thisismoney.co.uk, 29 Jun 2012
RBS boss Stephen Hester forgoes bonus as grovelling letter reveals IT glitch that caused misery
James Salmon, The Daily Mail, 29 Jun 2012
Bob’s Barclays bonanza of £120m… and, despite this, he’s battling for a further £18m
Becky Barrow and Rob Davies, The Daily Mail, 4 Jul 2012
Scrap cash bonuses and make executives wait until retirement to cash in their shares to curb greed
Ruth Sunderland, The Daily Mail, 24 Jul 2012
Disgraced Barclays boss who quit over interest rate rigging scandal exits with £9m payoff
James Salmon, The Daily Mail, 25 Jul 2012
Vince Cable Targets Executive Pay With Greater Shareholder Control
International Business Times , 20 Jun 2012
Think tank brands gov’t exec pay proposals ‘disappointing’
FT Adviser , 20 Jun 2012
Fury as top bosses’ pay soars yet again: Average rise of 12% for FTSE 100 fatcats
Daily Mail, 13 Jun 2012
More bonuses may be clawed back as Lloyds grapples with PPI losses
Sctosman, 13 Jun 2012
Row over ‘fat cat’ pay erupts again as Legal & General lavished £3.27m ‘golden goodbye’
Daily Mail, 11 May 2012
Aviva pay revolt shows we can make a difference on City’s culture of excess
Guardian, 9 May 2012
Unilever and Centrica under fire over executive pay as revolt escalates
Terry Macalister and Jill Treanor, The Guardian, 6 May 2012
Executive Pay Reforms: Andrew Moss, Alison Carnwath and the Remuneration Committee Rubber Stamps
International Business Times UK., 8 May 2012
Shareholder power topples Aviva’s Andrew Moss. Who’s next?
The Telegraph, 8 May 2012
Investors: take a stand against executive excess
The Telegraph, 4 May 2012
Now the backlash over fat cat pay: Furious shareholders reject lavish deals for City bosses
Daily Mail, 4 May 2012
Video: how to curb excess executive pay
Pensions Week, 2 May 2012
Rebellion spreads on the culture of excessive boardroom pay
Daily Mail, 2 May 2012
As Bob Diamond waits on multi-million bonus we reveal other lavish fat cat perks
Daily Mail, 27 Apr 2012
Small shareholders in revolt at Barclays over huge pay deals in one of biggest rebellions since ...
Daily Mail, 28 Apr 2012
Executive pay ‘revolt’ web tool launched
BBC, 30 Apr 2012
Are UK boards pale, male and stale?
The Telegraph, 2 Apr 2012
