We can only address pay imbalances if we can see them | Nils Pratley

BBC fears transparency will push up salaries; it might, but secrecy just serves to hide unjust disparitiesThe BBC fought against publishing the salaries of its highest-earning performers because it thought a list would serve to drive up salaries in the media industry. Its worry may be justified. In the wider world of big public companies, transparency and inflation have been co-travellers.When Imperial Brands, the cigarette firm, wanted to boost the pay package of its chief executive, Alison Coo