How do the parties’ commitments to tackling inequality stack up?
The vast gap in living standards is the political issue of the moment
Luke Hildyard
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.
Is Lord Hill’s appointment really a ‘victory for Britain’?
The tendency to see EU policy as a battle between competing nations should be more problematic for the left.
It’s time for a maximum pay ratio
The average pay of a FTSE 100 CEO has rocketed from around £1 million a year in the late 1990s to closer to £5 million today.