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.
Luke Hildyard
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.
Tough at the top? Executive pay now 180 times the average
Top executives are pulling away from the rest of us, according to a new report.
Poor people in Britain – poorer than those in similar-sized economies
Incomes in the West Midlands are significantly lower than in the poorest regions of Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
The top 1 per cent are pulling away
The richest 1 or 2 per cent are becoming increasingly removed from everybody else.
The public are more concerned about inequality than either immigration, cutting taxes or curbing benefits
New polling found that 76 per cent of voters think big businesses has too much power over the government, reports Luke Hildyard.
The banks are using their political influence to defend the interests of their highest-paid employees
Capitalism’s legitimacy will disintegrate if a tiny elite are allowed to capture the rewards of growth for themselves.
Proof that inequality is also bad for your boss
Strikes, work-related illnesses and staff turnover are more common in organisations with bigger gaps between the highest and lowest earners.