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...

$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...