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21.03.13

Budget 2013: What would an equality budget look like?

Luke Hildyard writes for Left Foot Forward, with some ideas for budget measures that could help to tackle inequality The defining societal trend in the UK over the past 30 years has been the growth…

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19.03.13

Event Slides: Top to Bottom

Howard Reed's presentation from the event 'Top to Bottom' a debate on redistribution and inequality, held at the High Pay Centre on Monday 18th March

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13.03.13

Barclays deserves some credit for coming clean on pay bands

The bank has created 428 new millionaires. But the new bosses have started a process of pay reform, which is important to follow through By Deborah Hargreaves After Bob Diamond, former boss of Barclays, became…

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12.03.13

Stock markets serve the users more than anyone else

Performance-related pay should be scrapped says leading Government adviser “As a source of funds for investment in industry, equity markets in the UK don’t even feature on the radar screen.” John Kay, visiting professor of…

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12.03.13

High Pay is inextricably linked to poverty

Luke Hildyard blogs about our new report on wealth redistribution, for the Shifting Grounds website The EU bankers bonus cap, the Swiss Referendum on executive pay and the colossal bonuses awarded to the senior staff…

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01.03.13

Europe’s bonuses no longer endless

Luke Hildyard writes for the Shifting Grounds website on the EU bonus cap The timing of the EU’s announcement of a cap on bankers’ bonuses could not have been better. On a day that RBS…

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14.02.13

Event Presentation: Global CEO Mobility

Presentation from The High Pay Centre Seminar on Global CEO Mobility, 12th February 2013 On the 12th February 2013, The High Pay Centre hosted a seminar to launch a groundbreaking new research project which dispelled…

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04.02.13

Seven Reasons to Feel Good about Yourself When Your Bonus is Zero

Luke Hildyard writes for eFinance on the damage caused by excessive bonuses in the banking and finance sectors 1. There’s nothing unusual about not getting a bonusThe bonus culture in the financial services industry is…

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24.01.13

How the bonus culture is holding UK businesses back

High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard details the findings of our recent report on performance-related pay for the Shifting Grounds website The debate around high pay is characterised by emotional language. Terms like…

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22.01.13

Paid to Perform Seminar – Presentation Slides

Slides of the presentations gives at The High Pay Centre seminar 'Paid to Perform' On Monday 17th January, The High Pay Centre held a well-attended and lively discussion on the new report 'Paid to Perform?…

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08.01.13

Wider economic change critical to Labour’s response on social security

Why does the Labour Party get more fired up about the narrow issue of specific spending cuts than the prospect of more radical economic reform? Luke Hildyard writes for Labour List George Osborne’s decision to…

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24.12.12

The Bank of England’s governor’s huge salary is bolstered by amazing perks

Average earnings stay strangled but still a corporate elite is getting richer while society pays the price. Deborah Hargreaves writes for the Guardian One of the problems for our economy, as the Bank of England…

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