Jeremy Corbyn's 'maximum wage' comment has provoked a huge debate about inequality on Twitter

Jeremy Corbyn said some salaries paid to company bosses and top footballers were “utterly ridiculous” and that there should be a cap on their income to stop it soaring. The idea immediately received widespread criticism, with a former adviser branding it “idiotic”. Later, his spokesman said he “misspoke” and when asked about it during another interview, Corbyn said a better way of curbing executive pay was by controlling the pay ratio between the highest and lowest earners in a company.