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10.10.22

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

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03.10.22

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

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21.09.22

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…

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01.09.22

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.

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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…

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24.03.22

ESG and how to improve workforce reporting

Has narrative reporting gone too far? Rachel Kay writes for Accountancy Daily

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14.03.22

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

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21.02.22

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

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22.12.21

2021 in review

Read our review of 2021, and a summary of our reports, articles and events

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29.11.21

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

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21.09.21

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

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20.09.21

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?

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12.05.21

Local elections 2021: Addressing low pay and inequality

In order to truly bring about ‘levelling up’, workers must be allowed to share in the wealth they have helped to create. Newly-elected local and regional politicians must work to make this a reality.

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10.05.21

Equal pay is new mayor’s top priority

What can Tracy Brabin and other metro mayors do to tackle inequality and strengthen worker voice?

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19.04.21

The race report uses class inequality as a smokescreen but has no plan to fix it

The report's recommendations won't really promote racial or class equality.

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25.02.21

The bankers are bluffing, don’t scrap the bonus cap

There's no shortage of people wanting to be senior bankers. Luke Hildyard writes for Left Foot Forward

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14.01.21

CEO pay incentives reflect board priorities—and it’s still shareholder returns

While there are signs of change, our research shows that shareholder primacy continues to underpin performance-related CEO pay. Luke Hildyard writes for Board Agenda

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05.01.21

High Pay Day 2021

Our research suggests that the median FTSE 100 CEO's earnings for 2021 will surpass the median annual wage for a full-time worker in the UK by around 5:30 pm on Wednesday 6 January.

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