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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge and Sarah Butler

Executive pay system is broken, says Church of England’s pension board

Simon Wolfson, chief executive officer of Next
Simon Wolfson, chief executive of Next, was awarded a 50% pay rise on Thursday, taking his remuneration to the highest level since 2015. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The system of executive pay is “broken”, the Church of England’s pension board has said, as it challenged more companies to ease the pain of soaring inflation by committing to paying workers the living wage.

On the day retailer Next approved a 50% pay rise for its chief executive, Adam Matthews, the Church’s chief responsible investment officer, called out examples of “excessive pay” at large companies in a post on LinkedIn.

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