WPP was doing well, so why did shareholders reject Martin Sorrell’s bonus?
The WPP rebellion was unlike other rejections of remuneration reports that have recently taken place because WPP has actually been performing well.
Duncan Exley
Website Duncan is the campaign director for One Society. He writes on fairness, equality and social mobility.
Vince Cable’s efforts to moderate executive pay under attack
Opposition to the Business Secretary’s plans is misguided – the interests of business and the interests of executives are not always the same thing.
Cable fails to provide a stick or carrot in the fight against obscene pay
Duncan Exley writes about Cable’s failure to properly provide a stick or carrot to back up his words about tackling high executive pay
Three things Cameron should do if he’s serious about high pay
Duncan Exley argues that Cameron’s plans for high pay are in the right direction, but far weaker than they should be. Exley shows how he ignores the best ways to deal with the problem.
To end inequality without redistribution of wealth, we should pay a living wage
Duncan Exley argues the lessons we should draw from the British Social Attitudes Survey are to push for a living wage and retain the 50p top rate of tax.
High pay damages our economy
One Society’s Duncan Exley argues high executive pay damages the performance of the economy, and the businesses which themselves award the pay.
Time for Cable to plug the gap on pay ratios
Duncan Exley, the campaign director for One Society, writes about the latest research on pay gaps and pay ratios, and calls on Vince Cable to take decisive action.
The fragmented society: How irresponsibility and inequality feed off each other
It is a false chocie to between blaming the riots on inequality or moral irresponsbility – in a fragmented society, the two fuel each other
Rising inequality is making social and political conflict more likely
Unless policymakers take steps to reduce gaps in income, they will be faced with the policy dilemmas of a divided society, writes One Society’s Duncan Exley.
Miliband gets it right from top to bottom
A focus on responsibilities of both benefit claimants and the high paid could help the UK economy. Miliband hints at policies that could make a real difference.