24.04.14
The public are more concerned about inequality than immigration, cutting taxes or curbing benefits
New polling found that 76 per cent of voters think big businesses has too much power over the government, HPC Head of Research Luke Hildyard writes for Left Foot Forward Last week a study from…
02.04.14
Can we close the pay gap?
HPC director, Deborah Hargreaves, argues in the New York Times that we need workers on boards to tackle huge corporate pay gaps The issue of pay ratios has become the latest front in a worldwide…
06.03.14
The banks are using their political influence to defend the interests of their highest-paid employee
High Pay Centre Head of Research Luke Hildyard discusses the huge bonuses paid out at RBS In a Guardian webchat a couple of weeks ago, RBS CEO Ross McEwan described himself as being ‘pragmatic’ with…
24.01.14
Has excessive pay gone too far?
HPC Head of Research Luke Hildyard debates inequality with Anthony Browne of the British Bankers Association This year ‘fatcat Wednesday’ took place on January 8. Just three working days into 2014, the bosses of Britain’s…
20.01.14
The High Cost of High Pay: Unequal workplaces suffer more strikes and higher staff turnover
High Pay Centre analysis shows hidden cost of big pay differentials within organisations Workplaces with big pay gaps between the highest and lowest wage earners suffer more industrial disputes, more sickness and higher staff turnover…
07.01.14
‘Fatcat Wednesday’ for FTSE 100 CEOs
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…