EU ‘red tape’ protects workers’ rights
A stronger case needs to be made for the social benefits of EU membership
Luke Hildyard
The ITV industrial dispute: everything that’s wrong with politics and the economy in Britain
Workers at ITV have been offered a 2 per cent wage increase. Meanwhile the chief executive last year took home £8.4 million.
How do the parties’ commitments to tackling inequality stack up?
The vast gap in living standards is the political issue of the moment
REVEALED: The fat cat pay packets of the Tory-supporting bosses
A glance at the wealth of some of the signatories makes it hard to believe they care about ordinary people
Executive pay is damaging the reputation of business
Addressing dysfunctional levels of corporate pay is necessary to create the kind of stable society that business needs in order to flourish
Begging business for a pay rise is meaningless while David Cameron attacks trade unions
Empowered workers with real rights can achieve pay rises more effectively than ad hoc pleading
Fawning over the wisdom of business executives feels a bit pre-2007
Executives are strongly encouraged to put the interests of their shareholders above those of wider society
Fatcat Tuesday: Executive pay has already overtaken your earnings for the entire year
And pay inequality is worse this year than last.
Corporate power has become a governing institution in its own right
Corporations once lobbied politicians to win approval for their pet policies – now it’s the other way round.
Pay at the top has become a self-enriching racket
The relationship between bonus increases and profit growth is virtually non-existent.
