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28.07.14

Is it time for a maximum pay ratio?

Executive pay has rocketed from around 60 times the average worker to more than 170 times. Would a maximum pay ratio redress the balance? The minimum wage was recently voted the most successful Government policy…

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23.07.14

Cheques and the City: pay for top lawyers and accountants

New report from the High Pay Centre highlights the extent of multi-million pound pay packages at 'big 4' accountancy partnerships and 'magic circle' law firms Our new report shows how an estimated 1,370 top lawyers…

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23.07.14

Cheques and the City: pay for top lawyers and accountants

New report from the High Pay Centre highlights the extent of multi-million pound pay packages at 'big 4' accountancy partnerships and 'magic circle' law firms Our new report shows how an estimated 1,370 top lawyers…

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14.07.14

Reform Agenda: How to make top pay fairer

New report from High Pay Centre outlines policies to tackle excessive executive pay The Government should consider requiring companies to cap executive pay at a fixed multiple of their lowest-paid employee, according to a new…

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Publications

14.07.14

Reform Agenda: How to make top pay fairer

New report from High Pay Centre outlines policies to tackle excessive executive pay The Government should consider requiring companies to cap executive pay at a fixed multiple of their lowest-paid employee, according to a new…

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16.06.14

What would the neighbours say? How inequality means the UK is poorer than we think

Analysis of OECD figures suggests the poorest fifth of the UK population are the poorest in Western Europe The poorest fifth of the UK population are significantly worse off than the poorest fifth in other…

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16.06.14

What would the neighbours say? How inequality means the UK is poorer than we think

Analysis of OECD figures suggests the poorest fifth of the UK population are the poorest in Western Europe The poorest fifth of the UK population are significantly worse off than the poorest fifth in other…

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13.06.14

Join the Debate – High Pay Centre’s Pay Manifesto!

Tuesday 15 July 20149:00am House of CommonsCommittee Room 21London ****TIME CHANGE****EVENT WILL BEGIN AT 9:00AM**** Please join the High Pay Centre and MP Iain Wright (Labour), MP Guy Opperman (Conservative), and Natalie Bennett (Green) to…

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13.06.14

Cheques and the City

Wednesday 23 July 20146:30pm 32-36 Loman StreetLower Ground Conference Room BLondon SE1 0EH What's behind the rise in pay for top lawyers and accountants and should we be concerned? Please join the High Pay Centre…

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10.06.14

How we can tackle the UK pay gap

The IMF has warned that low productivity is a threat to the UK recovery. That is a result of the bonus culture. It needs to be replaced by company-wide profit share. Blog by Deborah Hargreaves…

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02.06.14

Government reforms fail to bring executive pay back to reality

Research from the High Pay Centre shows that average annual pay for a FTSE 100 CEO is still around £4.5 million, and could rise to nearly £6 million in 2014 Regulations introduced by the Coalition…

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Publications

02.06.14

High Pay Centre briefing: The effect of executive pay reforms

HPC analysis of the first executive pay awards made following Government reforms in 2013 Regulations introduced by the Coalition Government to reduce the runaway growth of executive pay have had little effect, according to new…

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27.05.14

How can performance-related executive pay be made to work better?

A new project by the High Pay Centre, will look at the link between pay and performance. How can variable pay be re-designed to encourage the right sort of executive behaviour? We will explore what…

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13.05.14

Explaining the data: the background to our new animation

Sources for the figures mentioned in our new animation, income inequality in the UK The growing pay gap The animation highlights the growing difference in pay for Brenda, an experienced nurse earning the UK’s average…

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13.05.14

New film: Income inequality in the UK

A CEO takes home more in three days than one of his employees can earn in a whole year. Huge pay gaps in the UK lead to rising inequality, but it doesn't have to be…

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12.05.14

The customer is always right: how to reduce executive rewards with procurement contracts

Government could use its power as a purchaser of outsourced services to demand executive pay restraint The size of the 'outsourcing market' for public services contracted by the state and delivered by private companies is…

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Publications

09.05.14

The customer is always right: how to reduce executive rewards with procurement contracts

Government could use its power as a purchaser of outsourced services to demand executive pay restraint The size of the 'outsourcing market' for public services contracted by the state and delivered by private companies is…

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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…

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