In the second webinar in our Policy Matters General Election series earlier today, we discussed Labour’s corporate governance and directors’ remuneration agenda, including proposals to:

• “amend the Companies Act, requiring companies to prioritise long-term growth while strengthening protections for stakeholders, including smaller suppliers and pension funds”
• “require one-third of boards to be reserved for elected worker-directors”
• “introduce a broader ‘public interest test’ to prevent hostile takeovers”
• “tackle late payments… including banning late payers from public procurement”
• “separate audit and accounting activities in major firms and impose more robust rules on auditors”
• that “up to 10% of a company will be owned collectively by employees…” through “Inclusive Ownership Funds (IOFs)”
• that “any company that fails to contribute to tackling the climate and environmental emergency is delisted”
• give workers “more control over executive pay”

(All quotes above are from the Labour party’s 2019 General Election Manifesto, published today.)

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