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26.11.25

Budget 2025: Higher taxes on dividends?

Given the way shareholder returns have increased regularly since the pandemic, It is understandable that the Chancellor is considering increasing taxes on dividends in the upcoming budget. A blog by HPC researcher Paddy Goffey.

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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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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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07.03.22

How do companies report on their ‘most important asset’? Workforce reporting in the FTSE 100

Majority of FTSE 100 firms don’t provide data on skill investment, workforce diversity or employee wellbeing in their annual reports.

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21.02.22

The failure of ‘shareholder democracy’

With concentrating shareholder wealth, voice, power and better pay is what really gives workers a stake in society writes Andrew Speke for Red Pepper

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10.01.22

Who benefits from returns to shareholders?

New research from HPC, the TUC and Common Wealth highlights how little most people gain from dividends and share buybacks.

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