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Sunday Times Rich List 2026: Our Reflections Blog

19.05.26

Sunday Times Rich List 2026: Our Reflections

The figures revealed in last week's Sunday Times rich list represent yet another stage in the normalisation of eye-watering levels of wealth. A blog by HPC's Head of Research, Paddy Goffey

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High Pay Centre at 15: What next in the fight for fair pay? EventsUpcoming Event一Featured

14.05.26

High Pay Centre at 15: What next in the fight for fair pay?

An in-person event marking 15 years of the High Pay Centre, with an expert panel discussing what comes next in the fight against excessive pay and pay inequality.

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CEO Pay and Pay Ratio Briefing 2026 Publications一Featured

14.05.26

CEO Pay and Pay Ratio Briefing 2026

An update on CEO pay and Pay Ratio Figures for the 64 FTSE 100 firms that have disclosed data since 1st April 2025. Reveals a continuation of growing internal inequalities within such large companies.

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Work Sucks, I Know Blog

07.05.26

Work Sucks, I Know

Long hours, stagnant wages, and no voice at the table - Britain's biggest companies are failing the people who keep them running. A blog by HPC head of research, Paddy Goffey, originally written as a…

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Fair Reward Framework: A three-year review of the findings Publications一Featured

22.04.26

Fair Reward Framework: A three-year review of the findings

Three-year analysis of FTSE 100 pay and workforce practices finds CEO pay rose 33% from 2023 to 2025, alongside limited progress on worker voice and pay transparency.

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Fair Reward Framework: Who creates value in companies and how it’s rewarded EventsPast Event

10.04.26

Fair Reward Framework: Who creates value in companies and how it’s rewarded

A webinar to launch the High Pay Centre's new report analysing three years of data from the Fair Reward Framework, with reflections from an expert panel (Online webinar, 11:00-12:00,  Thursday 23 April)

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Well at least someone’s getting a big pay rise… Blog一Featured

06.03.26

Well at least someone’s getting a big pay rise…

With CEO pay at big banks soaring, how justified is the government’s push to cut red tape on business?

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UK bank bosses pay at highest level for years Blog

24.02.26

UK bank bosses pay at highest level for years

Such sizeable pay increases are now unsurprising within a broken executive pay model. A guest blog by head of research Paddy Goffey.

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Why it’s time for CEO-to-worker pay caps in the failing water industry Blog

27.01.26

Why it’s time for CEO-to-worker pay caps in the failing water industry

A new approach based on CEO to worker pay gap caps could ensure execs are committed to providing a public good, as opposed to being driven solely by financial incentives. A guest blog by HPC…

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High Pay Centre Statement on the Government’s decision to scrap its planned Corporate Governance and Audit Reform Bill Blog一Featured

23.01.26

High Pay Centre Statement on the Government’s decision to scrap its planned Corporate Governance and Audit Reform Bill

The decision to abandon its Corporate Governance and Audit Reform Bill is a missed opportunity, based on the myth that effectively regulating business is bad for growth.

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Fat Cat Day 2026 – The reaction Media

09.01.26

Fat Cat Day 2026 – The reaction

Media coverage of Fat Cat Day 2026

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Petition for a ‘Fat Cat Tax’: Make companies pay for extreme inequality BlogMediaUncategorized

06.01.26

Petition for a ‘Fat Cat Tax’: Make companies pay for extreme inequality

Sign our petition calling for increasing taxes on companies who pay their highest earners too much

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Fat Cat Day 2026 BlogMedia一Featured

06.01.26

Fat Cat Day 2026

Data shows the average FTSE 100 CEO will take just over two days to earn the median UK worker's full time annual salary.

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CEO salary: an opportunity cost? Blog

18.12.25

CEO salary: an opportunity cost?

Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis, data highlights a worrying trend: CEO salary increases outstripping those of the wider workforce. A blog by HPC researcher Paddy Goffey for HR magazine Middlemore.

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The High Pay Centre’s future is at risk Blog一Featured

08.12.25

The High Pay Centre’s future is at risk

We’ve spent 15 years exposing runaway executive pay and pushing for a fairer economy. With funding for organisations like ours shrinking, we need your support to continue this vital work.

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Budget 2025: Missed opportunities? Blog

01.12.25

Budget 2025: Missed opportunities?

Given the sizeable profits made by banks in recent years, it looks like the Government have missed a great opportunity to raise money for further public investment. A blog by HPC researcher Paddy Goffey.

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High Pay Centre Reaction to Budget 2025 Blog

27.11.25

High Pay Centre Reaction to Budget 2025

A budget that takes some welcome steps toward fairness, but does too little to tackle excess wealth and the structural causes of inequality.

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Budget 2025: How could it affect pension provisions? Blog

26.11.25

Budget 2025: How could it affect pension provisions?

While wages are the typical area of HPC focus when it comes to debates regarding fairness of pay and income inequality, pension provisions also inevitably affect employees’ standard of living in retirement. A blog by…

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