“Tories find it acceptable that workers earn less while employers earn more” – Voice of the Mirror

In the last 20 years, the average salary of CEOs of the UK’s 100 largest companies has risen from £1 million to over £4 million

Shame about the fat pay

Giving hard-pressed workers a real pay rise would be “reckless,” the government claims – while Boris Johnson is trying to uncap bankers’ bonuses.

That is the philosophy of the Tories in a nutshell.

They think it is acceptable for employees to earn less while employers earn more.

In the last 20 years, the average salary of CEOs of the UK’s 100 largest companies has risen from £1 million to over £4 million.

Bosses used to earn around 20 times that of the average worker, now they can rake in 141 times more.

No wonder low-income earners feel drained and have turned to industrial action.

They will rightly ask why their bosses are entitled to generous pay but are being denied extra money to help with the cost-of-living crisis.

Conservatives have called for wage moderation for the masses but ignored rising wage packages for the few.

This is not leveling up. It is a formula for creating a more divided and unequal country.

Failed again

Over a 16-year period, hundreds of young girls in Rotherham were abused, trafficked and groomed by a gang of male predators.

These innocent victims have been repeatedly abandoned by the very people who should be there to protect them: the police.

Now they have failed again in the South Yorkshire Police response by the report of the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

The report investigated 47 individual police officers, examined 20,000 documents and took 800 testimonies, but not a single officer was prosecuted or fired.

Failure to hold authorities accountable will do little to restore trust in the police force and could discourage victims from coming forward.

Glasto gusto

After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, the Glastonbury Festival returns this weekend.

While the weather forecast is for torrential downpours, the acts will still face down a storm.