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16.01.24

Excessive executive pay has negative consequences for everyone

Our pathway to economic success and higher living standards doesn’t involve lavishing more money on people who are already multimillionaires. Luke Hildyard writes for the Times.

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09.01.24

FTSE 100 CEOs paid in less than 3 days what a typical UK worker is paid in a year

Media coverage of High Pay Hour 2024

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09.01.24

Britain’s highest paid CEO gets 7 million pound pay rise

The boss of Bet365 was paid £221m during its last financial year, despite the company reporting a loss.

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04.01.24

High Pay Hour 2024

HPC has estimated that FTSE 100 CEOs' earnings for 2024 will surpass the median UK worker’s full time annual salary today, just before 1pm on Thursday 4 January.

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21.12.23

2023 in review

Read our review of 2023, and a summary of our reports, articles and media coverage below

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18.12.23

High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios

Pay inequalities at UK's largest companies remain constant, despite ‘cost of living’ crisis.

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27.10.23

The scrapping of the cap on bankers’ bonuses

Policies which please the City are unlikely to be the ones which solve the UK's economic ails

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14.09.23

High Pay Centre ‘Corporate Governance Code’ consultation submission

HPC has issued our response to the Financial Reporting Council’s consultation on the Corporate Governance Code

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05.09.23

5 Key Takeaways from the FTSE CEO Pay Report 2022

This year’s CEO Pay Report explores the pay trends in the FTSE 350, and their broader implications for economic equity. A blog by Rosie Neville.

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30.08.23

CEO pay increased by £500k in 2022 – the reaction

Front page coverage for HPC's annual CEO pay report as FTSE 100 pay increased by 16% in 2022

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21.08.23

FTSE 100 CEOs get half a million pound pay rise

High Pay Centre research finds that median FTSE 100 CEO pay increased from £3.38m in 2021 to £3.91m in 2022

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21.07.23

The value of people expertise on corporate boards

New CIPD research supported by the High Pay Centre shows a lack of people expertise on the boards of the UK's largest listed companies

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09.05.23

Controversy over London Stock Exchange Head calls for higher CEO pay

But is raising CEO pay really necessary?

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05.05.23

Who Won? Who Lost? The Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Government Support for Business

New research from Aston University supported by the High Pay Centre examines how different stakeholders at the UK’s largest businesses – board executives, shareholders, and workers – fared during and after the peak of the…

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