“I think companies wouldd rather make some momey then no money at all”

Large companies? They’ll just go abroad.

There’s a VAST difference between 100:1 and 15:1. And trying to force in-house cleaners and the like /really/ isn’t a good idea.

(Also, I don’t support a private trains sector, we shouldn’t be renewing the TOC’s contracts and re-nationalising it that way)

You can do it in key sectos such as rail franchises etc as part of the agreement for a rail or bus contract pay scales must be shown, as these are heavily subsidised by tax payers, and if they refuse just do it in house, as I think companies wouldd rather make some momey then no money at all, I agree we can;t do it with everything but key areas, we could and progressively over time, it could spread.

To a rapidly-falling degree – student loans are replacing direct funding, and other funding (like research) is plummeting. There is some interaction on a purely commercial basis.

Unless you want to insist that every company doing business with the state has to follow those rules. Good luck getting major companies to do business with it!

All this will do is further devastate the University sector, when the pay multiple is broadly stable, unlike the banks and corporate CEO’s pay.

????

University courses, on average, cost something like 7k to run. The economics mean that, since over 6k you need to dedicate amounts to various funding, that if you go over 6k then the best economic situation is straight to 9k.

There has been no runaway increase in the multiple as there has been in the public sector, and Univerities are huge businesses which are facing increasingly harsh conditions – forcing much of their top talent out is going to lead to many more closures.

Moreover, Universities are NOT state-run institutions. You’re legislating in the private sector.