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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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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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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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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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Events Past 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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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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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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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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22.08.22

CEO pay survey 2022: CEO pay surges 39%

High Pay Centre and TUC research finds that median FTSE 100 CEO pay increased from £2.46m in 2020 to £3.41m in 2021

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23.05.22

High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratios

Pandemic caused pay ratios to fall, but new analysis indicates ratios are now increasing to new highs.

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22.05.22

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

Our new analysis shows that if all household wealth had grown at the rate of the top 20 rich list entrants since 2012, every UK household would be £205,000 better off. The Sunday Times annual…

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11.05.22

Report launch: High Pay Centre analysis of FTSE 350 pay ratio disclosures

How the pandemic has affected pay inequality within companies, and what comes next. (10:00-11:00, Mon 23 May)

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02.05.22

Six out of ten people think CEOs should be paid no more than ten times their typical employee

New polling shows strong support for caps on top pay and measures to tackle inequality As part of a forthcoming report on pay ratios, we recently conducted some opinion polling on public attitudes to pay…

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19.04.22

Corporate Britain and Covid-19: Fewer than half of large UK companies cut executive pay in response to Covid-19

Report by The Open University, University of Nottingham, Western University and the High Pay Centre think tank examines the corporate response to Covid-19.

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