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Full text of Simon Walker's speech (15/04/13) "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, Secretary of State, and thank you all for joining us here at the Institute of Directors for this crucial discussion. For those of…

Full text of Vince Cable's speech (15/04/13) "The factors determining wages and the value of labour represent one of the oldest controversies in economic thinking.  The current debates around what constitutes a living or subsistence…

Cutting tax for the rich does not lead to wealth reaching the rest of us. Deborah Hargreaves in the New Statesman The social contract is unravelling,” said Angel Gurria, secre- tary-general of the OECD. Speaking…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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?…

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…

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…

High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard writes for efinance For the past three decades, jobs in the Banking and Financial Services sectors have been prized – and rewarded – above all others. But…

Report on the launch event for the State of Pay Report held on the 17th December 2012 We’ve heard a lot about the need to tackle top pay in the past year and yet has…

On the 12th of December, The High Pay Centre held an international conference in partnership with The Guardian and The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung to debate the issue of gener diversity on boards and mandatory quotas…