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

Thinktank says workers would have 2,100 a year more on average if wages over past two decades matched shareholder payout rises

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.