We're holding a webinar at 11am today to launch the report, which you can still sign up for here! highpaycentre.org/fair-reward-...

Our new report assessing 3 years of the Fair Reward Framework is out today. This looks at how FTSE 100 companies have performed over the past 3 years across a range of indicators including pay inequality, worker voice and transparency. highpaycentre.org/fair-reward-...

Our new report assessing 3 years of the Fair Reward Framework is out today. This looks at how FTSE 100 companies have performed over the past 3 years across a range of indicators including pay inequality, worker voice and transparency. highpaycentre.org/fair-reward-...

Consistent with any polling we’ve ever carried out. Key is ensuring it would be implemented alongside other reforms to ensure it supports improving living standards and building a more productive economy with better outcomes for society.

Great to see the @greenparty.org.uk under @zackpolanski.bsky.social have included tackling excessive income equality in their plan to take on the affordability crisis. 10:1 pay ratios is very ambitious, but far better to aim high than accept a broken status quo which few people support.

We welcome @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk plans to put pay ratios centre of their campaigning on the affordability crisis. HPC have long argued that the UK's pay model is broken, driving extreme inequality and wage stagnation. This is unacceptable in a cost of living crisis.

We welcome @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk plans to put pay ratios centre of their campaigning on the affordability crisis. HPC have long argued that the UK's pay model is broken, driving extreme inequality and wage stagnation. This is unacceptable in a cost of living crisis.

Next Thursday we are holding a webinar to launch our new report analysing three years of data from the Fair Reward Framework, focused on trends in remuneration, employee voice, and wider business practices across the FTSE 350. Sign up below! highpaycentre.org/fair-reward-...

Next Thursday we are holding a webinar to launch the our new report analysing three years of data from the Fair Reward Framework, focused on trends in remuneration, employee voice, and wider business practices across the FTSE 350. Sign up below! highpaycentre.org/fair-reward-...

An emboldened business lobby, left largely unchallenged by both regulators and the government, feels confident in awarding CEOs bumper pay rises, knowing there is little to stop them. www.ft.com/content/0175...

Fab video from the @highpaycentre.bsky.social on the *shocking* size of bankers bonuses 💰 Years of higher interest rates have let banks rake in record profits while our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soar. Add your name to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks

We spoke to Londoners how they felt about CEOs of the big banks getting bumper pay rises, and earning more in a year than most people would earn in several lifetimes. See how they responded below.

Pay at big banks is soaring while millions struggle through the cost of living crisis. This level of inequality isn’t sustainable, and if it’s not addressed, it will keep eroding trust in both business and politics.

We are pleased to support @costoflivingaction.bsky.social which launched in parliament yesterday. Tackling pay inequality is vital to addressing the cost of living crisis through ensuring decent wages and conditions for all across the economy.

Today, we've released a new report by political economist and author Will Hutton. It explains why Britain is stuck- and what policymakers can do about it. Read the full report today👇 🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/escaping

As consumers fear another rise in energy and fuel prices, linked to conflict in the Middle East, few are likely to look favourably on the chief executive of Shell receiving a substantial pay rise. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Increasing collective prosperity and tackling economic inequality is not a binary and should not be seen as one. Many people have growing awareness that greater economic growth does not necessarily mean better living standards for themselves.

Andy Burnham’s “Manchesterism” rightly argues that the loss of public control of essential services worsens the cost of living crisis. This is the “Privatisation Premium”. Our new briefing explains this premium & how to fix it. 🧵 www.common-wealth.org/publications...

This morning the Fairness Foundation and the Black Equity Organisation launched our new joint report in Parliament on the UK’s racial wealth gap. Combining evidence and case studies, it reveals the scale of racial wealth inequality today. Read more 👇 fairnessfoundation.com/a-tale-of-tw...

UK bank bosses pay is at its highest for years. The bosses of Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest just received a total £5m pay rise - a 28% increase. Their employees pay rise? Just 5.6%. Analysis on how this is unsurprising in a broken executive pay model: highpaycentre.org/uk-bank-boss...

The sums being paid to these CEOs are not only significantly higher than the average FTSE 100 CEO but also represent substantial increases over their pay from just a year ago, far exceeding inflation or wage growth in the wider economy. www.ft.com/content/22a1...

Few examples better illustrate the UK’s broken corporate model than thousands of homes across Kent being left without water. Our researcher, Paddy Goffey, writes in @LeftFootFwd outlining the need for CEO to worker pay gap caps in such failing industries: leftfootforward.org/2026/01/why-...

The govt came to power claiming to be pro worker and pro business, but pro-business shouldn’t mean caving to the most regressive demands of the business lobby. Nor should good regulation be used as an excuse for poor growth. Our statement on the govt scrapping the corporate governance and audit bill

The government's lack of ambition on corporate governance reform is disappointing. Abandoning its Corporate Governance and Audit Reform Bill is a missed opportunity, based on the myth that regulating business effectively is bad economics. highpaycentre.org/high-pay-cen... 1/9

The government's lack of ambition on corporate governance reform is disappointing. Abandoning its Corporate Governance and Audit Reform Bill is a missed opportunity, based on the myth that regulating business effectively is bad economics. highpaycentre.org/high-pay-cen... 1/9

The High Pay Centre is recruiting new members to join our board and support our work on challenging excessive inequality and fighting for a more inclusive business model. We particularly welcome applicants with experience in fundraising. highpaycentre.org/recruiting-n...

The message from Patriotic Millionaire's campaign is clear: the gap between those at the top and the rest continues to grow bigger by the day. It's time to win back power and secure a fairer world.

This bonus appears to be rewarding substandard performance and a poor quality of service for customers, while also removing accountability for these failures. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Have you signed our petition yet? We are calling for a tax on companies that pay their executives vastly more than their workers. If you think more needs to be done to keep extreme executive pay in check, please sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fa...

Have you signed our petition yet? We are calling for a tax on companies that pay their executives vastly more than their workers. If you think more needs to be done to keep extreme executive pay in check, please sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fa...

By this time yesterday FTSE 100 CEOs had already made more this year than an avg UK worker earns all year. Our Interim Director @andrewspeke.bsky.social explains how we can start to tackle extreme pay inequality. Sign our Fat Cat Tax petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fat-…

📈New research from the @highpaycentre.bsky.social shows that FTSE 100 CEOs earn the median full-time worker’s annual salary in just over two days. Sensible measures such as worker representation on boards should be advanced without delay. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

If you want to see companies pay for contributing to such extreme inequality, you can sign our petition for a 'Fat Cat Tax' here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fa...

The highest paid FTSE 100 CEO in 2025 took just over two hours to earn the same as the typical UK worker will all year. This level of inequality is both morally unacceptable and damaging to society. Can we really justify a top boss earning 1509 times the typical worker?

Thanks to @highpaycentre.bsky.social for showing how deep inequality runs. Is a CEO worth 1500 of the rest of us? We've (naturally) run the numbers for unpaid carers too; Melrose's CEO package is over 13,600x what carers live on. Our priorities are upside down. Let’s change them.

The good news is you can do something about it: sign the @highpaycentre.bsky.social's petition for a fat cat tax that disincentivises this kind of wild pay inequality!

We can’t go on like this. In just two days, the average FTSE 100 CEO has made a median workers full time annual salary. The right calls this “wealth creation”. It’s wealth extraction. Time to tax the rich. @highpaycentre.bsky.social highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...

The highest paid FTSE 100 CEO in 2025 took just over two hours to earn the same as the typical UK worker will all year. This level of inequality is both morally unacceptable and damaging to society. Can we really justify a top boss earning 1509 times the typical worker?

HPC data shows the FTSE 100 CEO just over two days to earn the median UK worker’s full time annual salary. Average CEO pay is £4.4m — 113× the median worker’s salary of £39,039. With long-term wage stagnation, how can this possibly be justified? highpaycentre.org/fat-cat-day-...

Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis, data highlights a worrying trend: CEO salary increases outstripping the wider workforce. Of 88 FTSE100 firms, 13 (15%) increased the salary of their CEO to a greater degree than their workforce during the 2024 financial year.

Excellent news to see the Employment Rights Bill has now made it through parliament. Stronger union rights are fundamental to both tackling pay inequality and ensuring workers have more say in how their workplaces are run.` www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A CEO's pay should never be determined based on how much their peers are paid. The value a CEO actually creates for their company, and how their pay aligns with the rest of the workforce, should be far more critical factors in determining how much they are paid. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"Share of job postings that included information on pay fell to 55 per cent in October, down 10 per cent on a year earlier": www.ft.com/content/e951...

For 15 years the High Pay Centre has fought hard to tackle runaway pay inequality. But funding for organisations fighting economic inequality has become increasingly scare. Become a regular supporter today to help us keep up the fight. highpaycentre.org/donate/

UK banks are at their most profitable in years. The 'big four' have made £1bn a week this year, while they saw £45.9bn of profits in 2024 alone. The budget has missed a clear opportunity to raise crucial money for public services and redistribute corporate wealth fairly.

Budget Response 2025: The High Pay Centre acknowledges a number of the positive proposals included, though the freezing of income tax thresholds in particular will hit working people hard.

While wages are the typical area of HPC focus when it comes to debates regarding fairness of pay and income inequality, pension provisions also inevitably affect employees’ standard of living in retirement. highpaycentre.org/budget-2025-...

HPC research shows the proportion of FTSE100 profits returned to shareholders through dividends and share buyback schemes increased for three consecutive years following the pandemic, reaching almost 70% of total profits.

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...