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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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The campaign for higher FTSE CEO pay and its discontents Media

05.04.24

The campaign for higher FTSE CEO pay and its discontents

Experts push back as supportive media coverage of calls for higher FTSE CEO Pay grows

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Leading Academics express concern about excess executive pay Publications一Featured

24.03.24

Leading Academics express concern about excess executive pay

Management, inequality and CEO pay experts write to Britain's biggest investors in a letter coordinated by the High Pay Centre

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Enough: Why it’s Time to Abolish the Super Rich EventsPast Event一Featured

18.03.24

Enough: Why it’s Time to Abolish the Super Rich

Book launch and panel discussion for HPC Executive Director Luke Hildyard's book 'Enough: Why it’s Time to Abolish the Super Rich' (18:15-19:45, Thursday 18 April 2024)

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The FTSE 100’s highest paid CEO gets a pay rise Media

27.02.24

The FTSE 100’s highest paid CEO gets a pay rise

Astrazeneca CEO's Pascal Soriot paid £17 million last year

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Judge rules Elon Musk $56 billion pay package too much Media

26.02.24

Judge rules Elon Musk $56 billion pay package too much

Elon Musk Tesla pay package legal ruling reveals a rotten system for rewarding executives

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Post-pandemic, pay inequality is back in business Blog一Featured

21.02.24

Post-pandemic, pay inequality is back in business

The coronavirus pandemic sparked hopes that pay inequality could be radically reduced. Instead, inequality has ‘bounced back’, writes Andrew Speke for Red Pepper.

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New edition of UK Corporate Governance Code deletes every mention of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues proposed in draft version Blog一Featured

29.01.24

New edition of UK Corporate Governance Code deletes every mention of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues proposed in draft version

Blog by HPC Director Luke Hildyard on the new edition of the Corporate Governance Code, regulating the boards of Britain's biggest companies.

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