Andrew Speke
@andrewspeke.bsky.social
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We are sad to be saying goodbye to our Executive Director of seven years, @lukehildyard.bsky.social, and are pleased to announce that our Head of Communications, @andrewspeke.bsky.social, will be stepping in as Interim Director. We wish Luke all the best in his new role at @shareaction.bsky.social!
October 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We are sad to be saying goodbye to our Executive Director of seven years, @lukehildyard.bsky.social, and are pleased to announce that our Head of Communications, @andrewspeke.bsky.social, will be stepping in as Interim Director. We wish Luke all the best in his new role at @shareaction.bsky.social!
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The full report showing who the highest earners are and our proposed solutions to extreme pay inequality is now published here. highpaycentre.org/ceo-pay-in-t...
CEO pay in the FTSE 100 reaches record high for the third year in a row - High Pay Centre
The High Pay Centre's annual review of CEO pay in the FTSE 100 shows median CEO pay jumping from £4.29m to £4.58m in 2024/2025
highpaycentre.org
August 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The full report showing who the highest earners are and our proposed solutions to extreme pay inequality is now published here. highpaycentre.org/ceo-pay-in-t...
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🚨NEW: The pay of FTSE 100 CEOs has reached a new record high of £4.58 million. The third record setting year in a row. FTSE 100 CEO pay is 122 times greater than the typical UK worker. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row
Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial year
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🚨NEW: The pay of FTSE 100 CEOs has reached a new record high of £4.58 million. The third record setting year in a row. FTSE 100 CEO pay is 122 times greater than the typical UK worker. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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In Westminster, a Blue Labour staff network has been set up.
I spoke to the earnest (mostly) young (mostly) men of the tendency about their politics, plans and why they really just want to have a big chat:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
I spoke to the earnest (mostly) young (mostly) men of the tendency about their politics, plans and why they really just want to have a big chat:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Meet the Blue Labour bros
Inside the ideological faction remaking the party and the government.
www.newstatesman.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In Westminster, a Blue Labour staff network has been set up.
I spoke to the earnest (mostly) young (mostly) men of the tendency about their politics, plans and why they really just want to have a big chat:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
I spoke to the earnest (mostly) young (mostly) men of the tendency about their politics, plans and why they really just want to have a big chat:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Our latest research shows that pay gaps at the largest UK companies between CEOs and their employees are as wide now as they were 5 years ago, with a FTSE 100 CEO paid 78 times more than their median employee.
Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
CEO pay at UK’s top companies is 52 times that of typical worker, report finds
High Pay Centre thinktank says median pay of FTSE 350 chief executive was £2.4m in 2023-24 financial year
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
NEW: Our latest research shows that pay gaps at the largest UK companies between CEOs and their employees are as wide now as they were 5 years ago, with a FTSE 100 CEO paid 78 times more than their median employee.
Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Has the time come for a maximum wage?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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We cannot compete with the vast sums JK Rowling has to spend on her war on a tiny minority and civil society organisations that want to promote inclusivity.
But @goodlawproject.bsky.social is the UK's biggest defender of trans rights. If you'd like to support our work there's a link in my bio.
But @goodlawproject.bsky.social is the UK's biggest defender of trans rights. If you'd like to support our work there's a link in my bio.
May 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We cannot compete with the vast sums JK Rowling has to spend on her war on a tiny minority and civil society organisations that want to promote inclusivity.
But @goodlawproject.bsky.social is the UK's biggest defender of trans rights. If you'd like to support our work there's a link in my bio.
But @goodlawproject.bsky.social is the UK's biggest defender of trans rights. If you'd like to support our work there's a link in my bio.
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In an era when the global political situation and climate crisis make sustained economic growth increasingly hard to achieve, we can't increase living standards for most people without tackling extreme inequality.
New research from @equalitytrust.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
New research from @equalitytrust.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds
Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In an era when the global political situation and climate crisis make sustained economic growth increasingly hard to achieve, we can't increase living standards for most people without tackling extreme inequality.
New research from @equalitytrust.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
New research from @equalitytrust.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
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Kind of amazing how nakedly dishonest are Wes Streeting's lot when it comes to suppressing data on young people taking their own lives in consequence of the withdrawal of gender affirming care. 🤯🧵
May 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Kind of amazing how nakedly dishonest are Wes Streeting's lot when it comes to suppressing data on young people taking their own lives in consequence of the withdrawal of gender affirming care. 🤯🧵
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The High Pay Centre response to the 2025 Sunday Times Rich List
May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The High Pay Centre response to the 2025 Sunday Times Rich List
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The rich list is a useful annual reminder of the inefficiency of the UK economy.
Despite a dip in oligarch wealth this year, in the long term it has shown a trend of a handful of very rich people capturing an increasing share of the country’s wealth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Despite a dip in oligarch wealth this year, in the long term it has shown a trend of a handful of very rich people capturing an increasing share of the country’s wealth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
King Charles’s wealth swells to match Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty on UK rich list
Sunday Times says monarch’s personal fortune has risen to £640m, while that of ex-PM and wife has fallen to that level
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The rich list is a useful annual reminder of the inefficiency of the UK economy.
Despite a dip in oligarch wealth this year, in the long term it has shown a trend of a handful of very rich people capturing an increasing share of the country’s wealth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Despite a dip in oligarch wealth this year, in the long term it has shown a trend of a handful of very rich people capturing an increasing share of the country’s wealth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Recently left Labour and joined the Greens to #backzack in the Greens leadership election this summer.
Politics has swung to the right in the UK and we need the Greens to provide a strong left alternative which prioritises tackling the root cause of our problems - inequality.
Politics has swung to the right in the UK and we need the Greens to provide a strong left alternative which prioritises tackling the root cause of our problems - inequality.
Deeping inequality.
Nature & climate crisis.
The far right are on the rise.
It's time for bold leadership. Now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nature & climate crisis.
The far right are on the rise.
It's time for bold leadership. Now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision
Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Recently left Labour and joined the Greens to #backzack in the Greens leadership election this summer.
Politics has swung to the right in the UK and we need the Greens to provide a strong left alternative which prioritises tackling the root cause of our problems - inequality.
Politics has swung to the right in the UK and we need the Greens to provide a strong left alternative which prioritises tackling the root cause of our problems - inequality.
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Average global CEO pay has skyrocketed 50% since 2019 to $4.3M.
By contrast, average worker pay has risen just 0.9% over that same time period.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
By contrast, average worker pay has risen just 0.9% over that same time period.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Global CEO pay increased by 50 percent since 2019, 56 times more than worker wages
Average CEO pay surged by 50 percent in real terms since 2019, while average worker wages increased by just 0.9 percent.
www.oxfamamerica.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Average global CEO pay has skyrocketed 50% since 2019 to $4.3M.
By contrast, average worker pay has risen just 0.9% over that same time period.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
By contrast, average worker pay has risen just 0.9% over that same time period.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Today's results and the feedback from voters shows that this government is going to need to do more to improve the material conditions of those on low and middle incomes if they want to stay in power after the next election. Tackling economic inequality is crucial to that. (1/4)
May 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Today's results and the feedback from voters shows that this government is going to need to do more to improve the material conditions of those on low and middle incomes if they want to stay in power after the next election. Tackling economic inequality is crucial to that. (1/4)
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On 19 May we are hosting this webinar with the authors of new book 'Collective Employment Relations: A Strategic Guide" to discuss how positive relationships between management and trade unions can benefit both business and workers.
highpaycentre.org/fromconflict...
highpaycentre.org/fromconflict...
From Conflict to Collaboration: Rethinking Union-Management Relations - High Pay Centre
How unions & management can work together to navigate change, tackle inequality & build fairer workplaces in a shifting world of work. (Online webinar, 12:00-13:00, Monday 19 May)
highpaycentre.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
On 19 May we are hosting this webinar with the authors of new book 'Collective Employment Relations: A Strategic Guide" to discuss how positive relationships between management and trade unions can benefit both business and workers.
highpaycentre.org/fromconflict...
highpaycentre.org/fromconflict...
Adrianne Lenker’s new live album deserves some hype. The most immediately satisfying album I’ve heard so far this year. Love everything about it.
April 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Adrianne Lenker’s new live album deserves some hype. The most immediately satisfying album I’ve heard so far this year. Love everything about it.
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There’s a really depressing irony of billionaires banging on about how privileged trans people are when we all send the same £20 to each other’s surgery fundraisers, yet they’re stumping up £70,000 to pay for the erosion of our rights
April 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
There’s a really depressing irony of billionaires banging on about how privileged trans people are when we all send the same £20 to each other’s surgery fundraisers, yet they’re stumping up £70,000 to pay for the erosion of our rights
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Literally every single toilet is cleaned by attendants of every gender. They're not sex protected spaces, at all.
The Minister is just a transphobe.
The Minister is just a transphobe.
April 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Literally every single toilet is cleaned by attendants of every gender. They're not sex protected spaces, at all.
The Minister is just a transphobe.
The Minister is just a transphobe.
Beyond contempt. What’s worse is that the political choices and statements the government are making go way beyond the limited judgment the Supreme Court made over the use of the term woman in the Equality Act.
Just morally bankrupt pandering to a media radicalised by anti-trans hysteria
Just morally bankrupt pandering to a media radicalised by anti-trans hysteria
Asked if Keir Starmer still believes that a trans woman is a woman, his spokesman replies "no".
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
Says that trans women must now use men's bathrooms
April 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Beyond contempt. What’s worse is that the political choices and statements the government are making go way beyond the limited judgment the Supreme Court made over the use of the term woman in the Equality Act.
Just morally bankrupt pandering to a media radicalised by anti-trans hysteria
Just morally bankrupt pandering to a media radicalised by anti-trans hysteria
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I wonder whether this is also why UK courts are so reluctant to hear from trans people. They harbour a belief, unacknowledged even to themselves, that to be trans is to lack the ability to make decisions about your own life. It's akin to how White nations once thought about Black and Brown people.
you can change your name under 21 with parental permission if you’re cis, but trans folks aren’t mature enough.
trans people are ~1.3% of the US, with no community wealth or institutional power.
they’ll take as much from trans folks as the rest of you decide not to stand in the way of them taking.
trans people are ~1.3% of the US, with no community wealth or institutional power.
they’ll take as much from trans folks as the rest of you decide not to stand in the way of them taking.
April 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I wonder whether this is also why UK courts are so reluctant to hear from trans people. They harbour a belief, unacknowledged even to themselves, that to be trans is to lack the ability to make decisions about your own life. It's akin to how White nations once thought about Black and Brown people.
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NEW: Thousands of people with cancer, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, and more than 200,000 people with arthritis are among the 1.3 million whose disability benefits are at risk from planned cuts, according to FOI data
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
1.3 million ill people could lose PIP under Labour's disability benefit cuts
Labour's benefit reforms could see thousands of people with cancer and more than 200,000 people with arthritis lose their PIP payments.
www.bigissue.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: Thousands of people with cancer, cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, and more than 200,000 people with arthritis are among the 1.3 million whose disability benefits are at risk from planned cuts, according to FOI data
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
The gender angle aside, just another example of a billionaire using their wealth to change the world in their image.
Genuinely absurd how JK Rowling is more often discussed as a victim rather than a malign actor with regards trans issues.
Genuinely absurd how JK Rowling is more often discussed as a victim rather than a malign actor with regards trans issues.
April 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The gender angle aside, just another example of a billionaire using their wealth to change the world in their image.
Genuinely absurd how JK Rowling is more often discussed as a victim rather than a malign actor with regards trans issues.
Genuinely absurd how JK Rowling is more often discussed as a victim rather than a malign actor with regards trans issues.
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Interested in learning about how we could run our economy as if people and planet actually mattered? Come join us in London in June for some outstanding courses on ecological economics and money with @modernmoneylab.org.uk - all details at modernmoneylab.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Interested in learning about how we could run our economy as if people and planet actually mattered? Come join us in London in June for some outstanding courses on ecological economics and money with @modernmoneylab.org.uk - all details at modernmoneylab.org.uk
Higher levels of poverty and cuts to public services are not inevitable.
A wealth tax should be a no-brainer.
A wealth tax should be a no-brainer.
The spring statement which cuts public services and could put 250k disabled people into poverty shows the cost of not tackling inequality will be greater levels of destitution for vulnerable groups and declining living standards for many others.
We need a wealth tax now.
We need a wealth tax now.
March 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Higher levels of poverty and cuts to public services are not inevitable.
A wealth tax should be a no-brainer.
A wealth tax should be a no-brainer.