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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Rate of UK dividend growth far outstripping wage increases, says report

Man removing cash from a wallet
Official figures show that average pay in Britain remains below the pre-2008-crisis peak after inflation is taken into account. Photograph: Simon Potter/Getty Images/Image Source

Workers in Britain would be paid about £2,100 per year more on average if wages had matched a boom in company dividends handed to shareholders over the past two decades, according to a report.

Highlighting a gulf between earnings from work and company ownership, the Common Wealth thinktank said far-reaching reforms were needed to rebalance power amid rising levels of inequality.

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