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What we learnt from this year’s Tax List Blog

16.03.23

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.

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Why workforce reporting matters – investors care, and companies should too. Blog

12.01.23

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.

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2022 in review Blog

03.01.23

2022 in review

Read our review of 2022, and a summary of our reports, articles and media coverage below

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The U.K. is facing another ‘winter of discontent’ Blog

15.12.22

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

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Giving workers a greater say in the companies they work for can help boost businesses – and the public agree Blog

15.11.22

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.

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To what extent will low and middle earners benefit from Kwasi Kwarteng’s decision to scrap the bankers’ bonus cap. Blog

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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A budget for the 1% – how Trussonomics is set to fail those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis? Blog

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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Why Liz Truss is wrong on redistribution of wealth Blog

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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Capping CEO pay is the best way to make the UK more equal Blog

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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Six out of ten people think CEOs should be paid no more than ten times their typical employee Blog一Featured

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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ESG and how to improve workforce reporting Blog

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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BP and Shell windfall tax row reveals lack of progress on purpose Blog

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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The failure of ‘shareholder democracy’ Blog

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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2021 in review Blog

22.12.21

2021 in review

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

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Predictable pay-outs expose the charade of performance-related pay Blog

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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Do we need to do more to reduce very high top incomes? Blog

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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Covid causes fall in CEO pay—but excessive earnings remain an issue Blog

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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Local elections 2021: Addressing low pay and inequality Blog

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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