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What we learnt from this year’s Tax List
The latest annual report only highlights government failure to properly tax the super rich, writes Andrew Speke for Red Pepper.
Why workforce reporting matters – investors care, and companies should too.
Improved workforce reporting will lead to more informed decisions, minimising risk, increasing trust and ultimately bringing positive change throughout the organisation.
2022 in review
03.01.23
2022 in review
Read our review of 2022, and a summary of our reports, articles and media coverage below
The U.K. is facing another ‘winter of discontent’
Industrial action is not simply just a matter about pay. Strikes are about poverty, hunger, and insecurity. They are about inequality and a duty to fairness
Giving workers a greater say in the companies they work for can help boost businesses – and the public agree
Greater worker voice in the workplace will create businesses that work for the economy and wider society.
To what extent will low and middle earners benefit from Kwasi Kwarteng’s decision to scrap the bankers’ bonus cap.
Scrapping the banker bonus cap risks taking us back to an era when bankers were heavily incentivised to discard any concern for their customers, wider society or basic ethics. A blog by Luke Hildyard
A budget for the 1% – how Trussonomics is set to fail those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis?
This budget disproportionately benefits the wealthiest in society, and fails to adequately protect the most vulnerable in society this winter. A blog by Harry Window
Why Liz Truss is wrong on redistribution of wealth
Rather than failing to achieve a growing economy because we have been too focused on achieving more even distribution of incomes, our economy has stagnated while at the same time we’ve done little to make…
Capping CEO pay is the best way to make the UK more equal
It could mean a fairer society and a pay rise for millions of people. Luke Hildyard writes for the I.
Six out of ten people think CEOs should be paid no more than ten times their typical employee
02.05.22
Six out of ten people think CEOs should be paid no more than ten times their typical employee
New polling shows strong support for caps on top pay and measures to tackle inequality As part of a forthcoming report on pay ratios, we recently conducted some opinion polling on public attitudes to pay…
ESG and how to improve workforce reporting
Has narrative reporting gone too far? Rachel Kay writes for Accountancy Daily
BP and Shell windfall tax row reveals lack of progress on purpose
Claim that windfall tax would hurt clean energy investment shows the change in mentality towards purposeful business isn’t taking root, writes Luke Hildyard for Board Agenda
The failure of ‘shareholder democracy’
With concentrating shareholder wealth, voice, power and better pay is what really gives workers a stake in society writes Andrew Speke for Red Pepper
2021 in review
22.12.21
2021 in review
Read our review of 2021, and a summary of our reports, articles and events
Predictable pay-outs expose the charade of performance-related pay
Incentive plans, share awards and bonus payments have become almost a guaranteed part of a chief executive’s pay package. Deborah Hargreaves writes for Board Agenda
Do we need to do more to reduce very high top incomes?
A blog by Luke Hildyard on our 2021 CEO pay report featured as a LinkedIn talking point
Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a reduction in overall CEO pay levels. Is this an opportunity for further equalisation of pay ratios?