UK CEO pay growth rate beats US; FTSE 100 CEOs behind on diversity; boost for Britain’s whistleblowers; US top pay ‘down to luck’.

Many companies are looking to change their executive remuneration policies, research into annual reports shows.

Firms fail to keep pace with tech; AI and the never-ending board meeting; CEO pay at Barclays; remco strategies.

Top CEOs earn in only a few days what the average full-time UK worker earns in a year, according to the High Pay Centre thinktank.

Record audit fees; companies failing on sustainability risk reporting; Meta and other companies face ‘underminers of democracy’ claim.

There should be a ‘clear rationale’ that aligns remuneration with a firm’s purpose, values and goals, says the Investment Association.

AstraZeneca’s chief executive, Sir Pascal Soriot, tops the list with £16.85m, High Pay Centre research reveals.

‘Our governance regime is an asset of UK plc,’ said the chief executive of the Chartered Governance Institute.

David Schwimmer, chief executive of LSE Group, stands to make twice as much as in 2022, according to a recent report.

Thinktank criticises the Financial Reporting Council for deleting ‘pretty tame’ measures related to ESG from the latest version.