BOSSES’ earnings must be linked to the pay of their workforce in order to discourage “eye-watering” bonuses being dished out to CEOs, MPs have said.

A report published today by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee staunchly criticised the pay inequality that exists in large employers such as Royal Mail and Unilever.

In 2017 Unilever chief executive Paul Polman pocketed a 51 per cent wage rise and now earns £10.3 million a year.