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A Charter for Fair Pay Publications一Featured

24.11.24

A Charter for Fair Pay

Our new research outlines policies to empower workers, boost productivity, and reduce inequality.

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Report Launch: A Charter for Fair Pay EventsPast Event

08.11.24

Report Launch: A Charter for Fair Pay

A panel discussion on how employment rights and corporate governance reform can help the government to boost pay and productivity and reduce inequality (12:30-14:00, Tuesday 26 November)

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High Pay Centre Response to the Autumn Budget Media

31.10.24

High Pay Centre Response to the Autumn Budget

HPC Executive Director Luke Hildyard's comments on Rachel Reeves' first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer 

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Vassal State: How America runs Britain EventsPast Event

21.10.24

Vassal State: How America runs Britain

Author Angus Hanton discusses his book Vassal State, which shows the hold of US corporations on the UK economy and how this can be resisted. (13:00-14:00, Thursday 5 December)

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Leading across the leader-follower pay gap EventsPast Event

15.10.24

Leading across the leader-follower pay gap

A webinar discussing how escalating CEO pay may impair leadership ability and shape social dynamics within organisations. (10:00-11:00, Tuesday 19 November)

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Can poverty be cut without tackling inequality? EventsPast Event

15.10.24

Can poverty be cut without tackling inequality?

A webinar on the relationship between tackling inequality and tackling poverty (13:00-14:00, Thursday 31 October)

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Fair Reward Framework launches to reframe the debate on executive pay Publications一Featured

11.09.24

Fair Reward Framework launches to reframe the debate on executive pay

First-of-its kind, asset-owner-led and free-to-access tool launched to provide comparable data on corporate pay practices

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FTSE 100 CEO pay levels reach highest levels on record – the reaction Media

16.08.24

FTSE 100 CEO pay levels reach highest levels on record – the reaction

Widespread media coverage of this year's HPC CEO Pay Report

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FTSE 100 CEO pay reaches new high Publications一Featured

11.08.24

FTSE 100 CEO pay reaches new high

Median FTSE 100 CEO pay in 2023 reached £4.19m - the highest level on record, up from £4.1m in 2022 

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Summer Reading – Enough: Why it’s time to Abolish the Super Rich? Book, by HPC Director Luke Hildyard Blog一Featured

02.07.24

Summer Reading – Enough: Why it’s time to Abolish the Super Rich? Book, by HPC Director Luke Hildyard

Podcasts, event recordings and articles discussing and reviewing the book

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High Pay Centre analysis of the General Election manifestos Blog一Featured

02.07.24

High Pay Centre analysis of the General Election manifestos

Less focus on tackling economic inequality in party manifestos than the 2019 election, but Labour victory could bring about most progressive reforms to worker and union rights for a generation

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New data shows small rise in trade union membership Blog

14.06.24

New data shows small rise in trade union membership

Unions remain very relevant to UK economic life and continue to have an important role to play in raising pay and working conditions. HPC Director Luke Hildyard discusses UK trade union statistics

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Tesco CEO’s pay more than doubles in the past year Media

24.05.24

Tesco CEO’s pay more than doubles in the past year

Tesco CEO Ken Murphy's pay stands at nearly £10m now

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Reading the Rich List 2024: HPC analysis of the wealthiest households in Britain Media一Featured

24.05.24

Reading the Rich List 2024: HPC analysis of the wealthiest households in Britain

More than half of the 20 richest households in the UK inherited their wealth or business.

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Who Are the Actual ‘Sober Realists’ in the Inequality Debate? BlogUncategorized

22.04.24

Who Are the Actual ‘Sober Realists’ in the Inequality Debate?

Bold measures are pragmatic at a time when advanced economies are seeing income and wealth concentration levels near historic highs. HPC Executive Director Luke Hildyard writes for Inequality.org

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Why CEOs are unlike Premier League footballers BlogUncategorized

11.04.24

Why CEOs are unlike Premier League footballers

Highly-paid business leaders frequently compare themselves to superstars in sports or entertainment, but for a host of reasons, the analogy doesn't really work. Blog from HPC Executive Director Luke Hildyard

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The pragmatic case for tackling billionaires Blog一Featured

09.04.24

The pragmatic case for tackling billionaires

HPC Director Luke Hildyard writes for Labour Hub asking why supposed political pragmatists are not more interested in more efficient use of the income and wealth currently flowing to the super-rich

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Global billionaire wealth grows by $2 trillion in past year Media

08.04.24

Global billionaire wealth grows by $2 trillion in past year

Forbes annual billionaire list shows concerning growth of billionaire wealth

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