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What we learnt from this year’s Tax List Blog

16.03.23

What we learnt from this year’s Tax List

The latest annual report only highlights government failure to properly tax the super rich, writes Andrew Speke for Red Pepper.

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Britain’s highest paid CEO gets a pay cut Media

13.01.23

Britain’s highest paid CEO gets a pay cut

But her £260m pay package still makes her one of the highest paid CEOs in the world

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

12.01.23

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 2023

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Why workforce reporting matters – investors care, and companies should too. Blog

12.01.23

Why workforce reporting matters – investors care, and companies should too.

Improved workforce reporting will lead to more informed decisions, minimising risk, increasing trust and ultimately bringing positive change throughout the organisation.

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High Pay Hour 2023 Media

05.01.23

High Pay Hour 2023

HPC research shows how quickly FTSE 100 CEOs overtake the annual salary of a UK worker.

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2022 in review Blog

03.01.23

2022 in review

Read our review of 2022, and a summary of our reports, articles and media coverage below

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Worthwhile Workforce Reporting Publications一Featured

16.12.22

Worthwhile Workforce Reporting

Our new research outlines the principles of good reporting, with supporting examples.

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The U.K. is facing another ‘winter of discontent’ Blog

15.12.22

The U.K. is facing another ‘winter of discontent’

Industrial action is not simply just a matter about pay. Strikes are about poverty, hunger, and insecurity. They are about inequality and a duty to fairness

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Giving workers a greater say in the companies they work for can help boost businesses – and the public agree Blog

15.11.22

Giving workers a greater say in the companies they work for can help boost businesses – and the public agree

Greater worker voice in the workplace will create businesses that work for the economy and wider society.

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Worker voice in corporate governance – How to bring perspectives from the workforce into the boardroom Publications一Featured

27.10.22

Worker voice in corporate governance – How to bring perspectives from the workforce into the boardroom

6 in 10 believe the main priority of business should be delivering better pay for their workers

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Prospect Magazine Cover Story: HPC pay ratio research Media

19.10.22

Prospect Magazine Cover Story: HPC pay ratio research

In Prospect Magazine, HPC research has been used to launch a discussion surrounding FTSE 350 pay ratios.

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To what extent will low and middle earners benefit from Kwasi Kwarteng’s decision to scrap the bankers’ bonus cap. Blog

10.10.22

To what extent will low and middle earners benefit from Kwasi Kwarteng’s decision to scrap the bankers’ bonus cap.

Scrapping the banker bonus cap risks taking us back to an era when bankers were heavily incentivised to discard any concern for their customers, wider society or basic ethics. A blog by Luke Hildyard

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A budget for the 1% – how Trussonomics is set to fail those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis? Blog

03.10.22

A budget for the 1% – how Trussonomics is set to fail those struggling with the cost-of-living crisis?

This budget disproportionately benefits the wealthiest in society, and fails to adequately protect the most vulnerable in society this winter. A blog by Harry Window

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A budget for the 1% as government scraps the cap on bankers bonuses Media

27.09.22

A budget for the 1% as government scraps the cap on bankers bonuses

An historic mini-budget in terms of benefiting those on high incomes, but one that also brings Conservative economic competence into question

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Event: How to strengthen worker voice in corporate Britain? EventsPast Event

26.09.22

Event: How to strengthen worker voice in corporate Britain?

An in-person panel discussion focused on High Pay Centre and Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust's latest research on strengthening worker voice in the UK (15:00-17:00, Thursday 27 October 2022)

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Why Liz Truss is wrong on redistribution of wealth Blog

21.09.22

Why Liz Truss is wrong on redistribution of wealth

Rather than failing to achieve a growing economy because we have been too focused on achieving more even distribution of incomes, our economy has stagnated while at the same time we’ve done little to make…

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CEO pay increased by 39% in 2021 – the reaction Media

06.09.22

CEO pay increased by 39% in 2021 – the reaction

Greater broadcast coverage of HPC's annual CEO pay report than in recent years; findings prompt Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham to call for a cap on top pay

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Capping CEO pay is the best way to make the UK more equal Blog

01.09.22

Capping CEO pay is the best way to make the UK more equal

It could mean a fairer society and a pay rise for millions of people. Luke Hildyard writes for the I.

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