Britain | Vanguard of the Clubcard

Should customers help to set bosses’ pay?

A paper commissioned by Labour suggests giving loyalty-card holders a say on remuneration

GOLDEN HANDSHAKES? Banned. Payment in stock options? Not allowed. Your company has a pension deficit and no binding plan to fix it? No bonus for you. Britain’s bosses were given a preview of life under a Labour government on November 27th when the party published a report laying out options for its executive-pay policy.

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