MPs should support @liambyrnemp.bsky.social and @shareaction.bsky.social's proposed amendment to the pension schemes bill requiring funds consider how investments affect beneficiaries’ living standards, ethical views, and wider societal and environmental impacts. highpaycentre.org/pensions-sch...

We can't go on like this. Our current economic model urgently needs radical reform highpaycentre.org/musks-1-tril...

$1 trillion pack packages reflect an economic model which is broken and in urgent need of radical reform

We can't go on like this. Our current economic model urgently needs radical reform highpaycentre.org/musks-1-tril...

$1 trillion pack packages reflect an economic model which is broken and in urgent need of radical reform

Musk’s $1 trillion pay package is a truly bleak milestone. Awarding so much to one individual reflects a model of capitalism that feels increasingly dystopian - massively rewarding a tiny few while many people’s living standards continue to decline. news.sky.com/story/elon-m...

We've supported @cipd.bsky.social and Railpen on this new report out today which highlights the insufficiency of current standards of workforce reporting and provides some policy recommendations on how this could be improved. www.cipd.org/en/knowledge...

A higher minimum wage is a sign of a healthier, fairer economy. Rather than worrying that it brings lower-paid and graduate workers closer together, companies should make sure their pay systems are fair across the board. www.ft.com/content/b436...

This year we attended the AGMs of FTSE 100 retail companies to challenge them on why they aren’t doing more to promote worker representation in company decision-making. highpaycentre.org/annual-gener...

The changes announced by regulators on bankers’ bonuses are effectively the removal of another of the safeguards put in place after the financial crash to protect the wider economy from excessive risk-taking in the financial services industry. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Company AGMs are a great opportunity for campaigners to put pressure on boards to strengthen their policies on worker voice. Our researcher Paddy Goffey explains how the @highpaycentre.bsky.social has gone about this.

In November's Budget, the Chancellor can reform taxes on wealth to achieve three wins - raising revenue, tackling inequality and boosting growth. Find out more at fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win

Just a quick note to say that I am leaving @highpaycentre.bsky.social this week Many fond memories of nearly 11 years(!) at HPC but narrating the the Liz Truss premiership was certainly a particuarly interesting time Am moving to @shareaction.bsky.social to work in the UK policy team

We are sad to be saying goodbye to our Executive Director of seven years, @lukehildyard.bsky.social, and are pleased to announce that our Head of Communications, @andrewspeke.bsky.social, will be stepping in as Interim Director. We wish Luke all the best in his new role at @shareaction.bsky.social!

Tesco CEO Ken Murphy is paid 431 times more than his workers while he's making hundreds of workers redundant. Is this good for society? If you think it's not, do something about it: sign our petition with @highpaycentre.bsky.social now: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Should your boss be paid 431 times more than you? There is a simple, evidence-based step to tackle extreme inequality and promote a fairer economy: a 10:1 pay ratio. Add your voice to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it... @equalitytrust.bsky.social @highpaycentre.bsky.social

A missed opportunity from Starmer not to dedicate more of his speech to speaking up the benefits that Labour’s new employment rights bill will bring to working people. While far from perfect, it should be the biggest advance in workers’ rights in this country since pre-Thatcher.

Activists in the UK have launched an imaginative new campaign for a maximum wage. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it... For a deeper dive into the #maximumwage notion: www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Ca... @highpaycentre.bsky.social @equalitytrust.bsky.social

Great to see thousands marching in London on Saturday at the @makethempay.bsky.social demo calling for the super rich to be taxed fairly. Our latest CEO pay report showed that the FTSE 100 spent £1bn on executive pay alone. Well funded public services require fair taxation.

Someone happily accepting a pay package of £10.5m doesn’t really have the moral authority to tell nurses and teachers and local government workers they shouldn’t get a pay rise. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Brilliant new project from Common Wealth, demonstrating how several decades of governments treating privatisation as a force for good has decimated the UK's public realm.

Do you agree with the Pope that the pay gaps between bosses and their workers have grown too wide? Then sign our petition calling for maximum 10:1 pay ratios for CEOs and workers: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Pope Leo XIV, possibly an avid reader of @highpaycentre.bsky.social output, decries rising CEO to worker pay gaps edition.cnn.com/2025/09/15/b...

Some argue the UK would be better off with less regulation and higher CEO pay. But such a model leads to higher inequality and lower living standards for many. This is why we’re calling for maximum CEO to worker pay ratios of 10:1. Sign our petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

Should any CEO earn 122× more than the average worker? We don’t think so. A maximum wage ratio would lift pay at the bottom and rein in excess at the top. 👉 Sign the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it...

As CEO pay hit record levels this week, HPC Director @lukehildyard.bsky.social explains how the current executive pay model benefits shareholders and executives and fails workers and wider society

💵 With @highpaycentre.bsky.social reporting that UK CEO pay in the FTSE 100 has reached a record high for the 3rd year in a row, can business executives continue to justify their pay levels as ethical? What role could businesses play in stemming social inequality? highpaycentre.org/ceo-pay-in-t...

In the UK CEO pay at listed companies has reached record levels for the 3rd year in a row. In the US levels of CEO pay are accelerating. Tackling excessive pay and pay inequality is vital to improving living standards and creating a fairer economy. www.ft.com/content/d8da...

Third record breaking year in a row for FTSE 100 CEO pay, according to the @highpaycentre.bsky.social At these rates it would take over a century for the average worker to earn what a FTSE 100 CEO earns in a year.

The new CEO of Melrose and his predecessor earned almost £59m last year, according to new analysis from @highpaycentre.bsky.social. The average UK nurse would take 1,636 years to earn the same amount. While most of us are struggling to pay our bills, FTSE 100 fat cats are raking it in.

🚨NEW: The pay of FTSE 100 CEOs has reached a new record high of £4.58 million. The third record setting year in a row. FTSE 100 CEO pay is 122 times greater than the typical UK worker. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Our annual review of CEO pay in the FTSE 100 has revealed that the typical FTSE 100 CEO is paid £4.58 million a year. 123x the typical UK worker. Here are 5 key tables and charts from the report🧵 highpaycentre.org/ceo-pay-in-t...

🚨NEW: The pay of FTSE 100 CEOs has reached a new record high of £4.58 million. The third record setting year in a row. FTSE 100 CEO pay is 122 times greater than the typical UK worker. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Workers deserve a fairer share and a liveable wage - that’s what our union fights for ✊ Our ‘Financial Insider’ tool helps find out what your employers CEO is taking in and what your company can actually afford to pay 💰 www.unitetheunion.org/work-voice-p... Don’t accept crumbs - join a union ✊

We are often lectured about how higher wages ‘lead to inflation and higher prices’, but nobody wants to talk about the CEO pay spiral 👀 Pay inequality is rampant, while the value of average wages drops, top earners pocket more and more 📈

Lots of cleaners, teachers, nurses and street sweepers stay "energeised and focused" without any bonuses at all #Inequality #Financialisation #FatCatPay @highpaycentre.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/ae08...

Hard to square the financial, environmental & customer service failures at these companies with exec pay packages topping £1m. Is clean, reliable water really dependent on seven-figure salaries? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Labour and Tory scoffed when I suggested in the #HouseofLords that we needed to rein in #FatCat pay. But boy do we need to do it @highpaycentre.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/book...

"The median Starbucks worker would have had to start working for Starbucks in 4643 BC (during the Stone Age!) just to earn what Starbucks’ CEO earned in 2024 alone." Workers under-rewarded, so that one man can be lavishly over-rewarded www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"The median Starbucks worker would have had to start working for Starbucks in 4643 BC (during the Stone Age!) just to earn what Starbucks’ CEO earned in 2024 alone." Workers under-rewarded, so that one man can be lavishly over-rewarded www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Our Executive Director Luke Hildyard on why limiting the pay of water company executives could play a key role in restoring public confidence in the sector highpaycentre.org/why-we-need-...

When so many households are struggling with bills and the cost of living, the water industry review continues to indulge executives’ sense of entitlement to pay awards that go far beyond what is necessary to provide a sensible, proportionate reward for competent management.

We're pleased to see @martinwrigley.bsky.social introduce a bill to parliament today calling for the removal of shareholder primacy from the Companies Act. This would require companies to treat consumers, workers and wider society as equal to shareholders. highpaycentre.org/parliamentar...

"It’s been 6 years since revealing these pay ratios became mandatory...but high hopes have been dashed...exposing gigantic inequality has not shamed boardrooms into reconsidering their values on pay." @pollytoynbee.bsky.social on our latest research www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s borderline hypocritical for a building society that presents itself as an ethical alternative to the major banks to replicate their pay culture, the aspect of modern banking that people find most egregious. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Does the persistence of huge pay gaps between bosses and workers mean we should now consider a form of maximum wage or maximum pay ratios?

Our policy recommendations for what we would like to see policymakers do in light of our analysis of pay ratio disclosures in the FTSE 350

At many companies the pay gaps between CEOs and their employees remain huge

In 2023/24 the lowest paid workers generally saw significant pay rises