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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

fascinating development in the context of debates around AI, tech power & worker voice - meta (facebook) agrees trade union workplace access www.ft.com/content/f9dd... agree with @prospectunion.bsky.social that this is potentially the most transformative provision of the Employment Rights Act

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

the prospect of a vast proportion of the wealth generated being used by musk to fuel a race war across the globe would be a considerable negative externality. I wonder how UK investors have incorporated this into calculations of the value opportunity 🤔

headline from the Wall Street Journal reading "Elon Musk Trains His Political Chaos Machine on the UK"

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

The Government is planning to abolish requirements for companies (including some of the UK's biggest employers) to publish CEO to worker pay gaps, & report on their pay & employment practices. Pretty vital info for unions & responsible investors. Surprising that a Labour govt is proposing this

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

Government intends to appoint worker directors to the board of British Steel - questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat... possible 'straw in the wind' for democratisation of corporations and financial institutions more generally?

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 13/05/2026

perception of a lack of interest in making capitalism work for society & the environment has probably been helpful to the Greens in winning voters from Labour, and possibly Reform as well

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 08/12/2025

Some business lobby concerns about the Employment Rights Bill and the day one right to protection from dismissal were understandable, but the hysteria about very unimposing trade union rights embarrasses their entire argument

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 03/12/2025

His own record of recounting things that definitely happened is unimpeachable

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 06/10/2025

Just a quick note to say that I am leaving @highpaycentre.bsky.social this week Many fond memories of nearly 11 years(!) at HPC but narrating the the Liz Truss premiership was certainly a particuarly interesting time Am moving to @shareaction.bsky.social to work in the UK policy team

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 12/09/2025

Barclays CEO paid £10.5m last year says teachers, nurses & local government workers shouldn't get a payrise www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 28/07/2025

Enjoyed this guerilla signpost on the rame peninsular in Cornwall

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 21/07/2025

The risk of attracting lesser people than the current crop of water industry executives seems tolerable for the benefit of sending a firm message about the public service ethos expected of public utility bosses & the limits to indulgence of executive entitlement A missed opportunity!

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 07/07/2025

Comments to the Guardian for a feature on the pay of infrastructure project leaders, which is very symbolic of the inequality that characterises the UK economy www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 19/05/2025

very nice to see @highpaycentre.bsky.social commentary on the sunday times rich list in the guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202... and Daily Mirror www.mirror.co.uk/money/sunday... this weekend Slightly more extensive thoughts on the rich list via linkedin www.linkedin.com/posts/luke-h...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 10/04/2025

Much talk of whether British CEOs should be paid more like Americans (median S&P 500 CEO pay about 4 x FTSE 100 equivalent) Meanwhile, majority of American workers think their CEO is overpaid & couldn't last a week in a normal job www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/em...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 01/04/2025

World inequality database suggests that over the same period, the share of UK pre-tax income captured by the top 1% increased from 7% to about 14% So share of taxes paid by the 1% has increased, but a rise of 1.5 x their share of total incomes to just over 2x isn't that dramatic

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 17/03/2025

UK increasingly a low wage, low welfare economy, with incomes outside the South East poorer than almost anywhere else in North West Europe - research from National Institute of Economic Research UK living standards review niesr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 26/02/2025

Another interesting insight from the HSBC report on attitudes to wealth. Income level considered wealthy in the North East is less than a third of that in London.

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 19/02/2025

Thanks, makes sense - from a UK/Europe perspective, you'd almost prefer it if the tech cultists did represent mainstream opinion, and that these oddball ideas supplanting adminstrative competence as a govt priority reflected a cultural difference unlikely to be replicated. Instead...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 18/02/2025

German voter at Alternative fur Deutschland rally via @ido.bsky.social article unherd.com/newsroom/rem...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 13/02/2025

Comparative bonus awards at Barclays a nice indicator of how the economy works and in whose interests: For every £1,556 paid to investment bankers, an ordinary employee such as a bank cashier, call centre operative or administrative worker got a quid!

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 12/02/2025

UK right blindly backs Trump & Netanyahu to ‘own the left’ without really caring about the consequences of their actions for the UK. Was always obvious that displacing millions of people in the mid east would mean more pressure on Europe (inc UK) to accommodate refugees

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 29/01/2025

interesting that the share of people in the US and Australia seeing economic inequality as a big problem is similar to Europe, but much more divided along left/right lines. (also interesting that UK/Canada different to US/Aus in this respect)

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 13/01/2025

interesting letter from Professor on Guy Standing in the FT on whether or not inequality is rising www.ft.com/content/d349...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 28/12/2024

Interesting that Vivek Ramaswamy thinks that people’s lives are shaped by external forces like ‘culture’ that go way beyond their individual control Wonder if that has any implications for ‘libertarianism’ as a political philosophy… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 16/12/2024

This whole essay ought to be compulsory reading but this bit on corporate governance & industrial relations was particularly resonant!

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 05/12/2024

The new franework envisages a role for unions negotiating pay, hours & holiday. Our response recommends incorporating additional consultation rights along the following lines:

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 05/12/2024

UK has amongst the worst record for worker participation in business decisions in Europe - there are good grounds to think this worsens inequality and reduces economic productivity (Charts via excellent @cmmonwealth.bsky.social report - www.common-wealth.org/publications...)

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 25/11/2024

new @highpaycentre.bsky.social report today setting out ways to strengthen workers' bargaining power & encourage a more participatory business culture better aligned with the interests of wider society. This could boost pay & productivity & cut inequality, pre-tax highpaycentre.org/a-charter-fo...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 24/11/2024

Very cool to see our @highpaycentre.bsky.social report featuring in the Observer today www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 18/09/2024

Great to see a few of my wise opinions in the Evening Standard, referencing interesting research showing "a relationship between CEO pay and share price performance that is tenuous at best"

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Luke Hildyard @lukehildyard.eurosky.social · 12/09/2024

Some interesting stats on FTSE 100 companies analysed by the Fair Reward project - fairreward.org

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