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HPC Head of Research Luke Hildyard discusses proposed 11% pay increase for Parliamentarians The mooted 11% payrise for Members of Parliament has prompted the curious spectacle of a professional group howling in protest at the…

UK bosses have already made more money in 2014 than the average worker will earn in the whole year Britain’s top bosses have already made more money in 2014 than the average UK worker earns…

The growing gap between rich and poor is causing London to feel like a divided city. This blog by Deborah Hargreaves appears on the Changing London website. London is at the centre of an increasingly…

Our thoughts on proposed changes to executive pay-setting process Is the current Code requirement sufficient, or should the Code include a “comply or explain” presumption that companies have provisions to recover and/or withhold variable pay?…

A debate at the High Pay Centre on Tues 10 Dec discussed the bonus cap and its implications. At the High Pay Centre debate, Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green party, asked what kind of…

The notion that executives are 'wealth creators' with god like status is a view which neglects other contributors to an organisations success, such as the wider workforce or government investment. High pay Last year directors…

The failure of the Swiss referendum to cap pay for top bosses at 12 times the pay of lowest paid employees may demonstrates that we need to tackle high pay issues at a global level.…

High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard discusses pay rise for top executives on BBC Breakfast Research from Incomes Data Services revealed that FTSE 100 Company Directors pay increased by an average of 14%…

Chairman of RBS had an "out of body experience" over bank bonus payments while head of the TUC thinks performance pay is a "big con" Does performance-related pay work? High Pay Centre conference at the…

ITV news cover our report on regional inequality The North East of England is frequently criticised for being dependent on public spending. But the dominance of supermarkets, high street chain stores, the 'big 6' energy…

High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard writes for the North East Child Poverty Commission Most North Easterners will be familiar with the flawed narrative of dependency. The region is supposedly too reliant on…

Deborah Hargreaves' Monday View for the Daily Mail on why shareholders do not hold companies to account on remuneration When Britain’s highest paid executive takes home more than an ordinary person could earn in 600…

High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard writes for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty If the 2007/08 banking collapse represented a chastening for Britain, for Germany it has been something of a…

Most people perceive the distribution of wealth in the UK to be far more equal than it actually is. In fact, for more than 30 years the gap between the richest and the rest has…

High Pay Centre Head of Research questions why Human Resources Departments are usually a tool of management, not a champions of employee interests UK corporations are required by the corporate governance code to take the…

Luke Hildyard writes for the Daily Mail on why right wingers ought to worry about the explosion of executive pay Over the past 15 years, the average pay of a FTSE 100 Director has increased…

Radio 4 documentary, featuring High Pay Centre Director Deborah Hargreaves, asks whether there is any basis in claims that the super rich will flee the country if their pay is moderated...and whether it would be…

Our response to BIS consultation Q. Are comparable, voluntary metrics on social and environmental aspects desirable? What might be the costs and benefits of this? What role should Government play in determining what these metrics…