'Maximum wage' calls | CEOs of UK's top firms earn 52x more than their staff

The gap between CEO and worker pay gaps across the FTSE 350 have shown little sign of narrowing over the past five years, according to new analysis.

Funded by the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, the data - drawn from mandatory pay ratio disclosures between 2019 and 2024 - shows that although the gap briefly narrowed during the Covid-19 pandemic, overall pay disparities between chief executives and lower-paid employees have remained largely unchanged.