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FTSE 100 bosses’ pay ‘overtakes average UK salary in less than three days’

The average yearly wage for chief executives of UK blue chips stands at £4.4 million, 113 times more than the typical UK worker’s salary.

Evening Standard

Bosses of FTSE 100 companies paid more than average UK worker after just three days of 2026

The earnings of top bosses will surpass typical British worker pay just before midday on Tuesday

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 CEOs earn more than average worker’s yearly pay by noon on 6 January

High Pay Centre calculates bosses will pass milestone on third working day of 2026 with median pay of £1,353 an hour

The Guardian - UK

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End of shareholder revolt register ‘will help UK firms bury pay controversies’

Fears for transparency and governance after closure of public log meant to curb ‘abuses and excess’ in boardrooms

The Guardian - UK

Top UK CEOs richer than ever: FTSE 100 boss pay breaks records for third year

Median pay for Britain’s top bosses rose 6.8% to a record high, with 13 executives earning €11.6M or more, as critics warn of deepening inequality.

Euronews

Top executives’ pay in UK hits record high – reaching 122 times of average worker

It marks the fourth year in a row that chief executives have taken home a record amount

The Independent UK

Top executive pay in UK’s biggest firms hits new record as more take home £10m

Median pay for chief executive officers of FTSE 100 companies was £4.58 million in the 2024-2025 financial year.

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Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row

Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial year

The Guardian - UK

To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

CEO pay at UK’s top companies is 52 times that of typical worker, report finds

High Pay Centre thinktank says median pay of FTSE 350 chief executive was £2.4m in 2023-24 financial year

The Guardian - UK

Bosses at biggest UK firms have already made more money than average worker in 2025

THE BOSSES of the UK’s 100 biggest listed firms made more money by noon today (Monday) than their average worker does in a whole year, according…

The National (Scotland)

Bosses at biggest UK firms have already made more money than the average worker will in 2025

FTSE 100 bosses enjoy median pay of £4.22m, 113 times the median of a full-time worker’s pay of £37,430

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year

Bosses to hit milestone on third working day of 2025 with median hourly pay of £1,298, says High Pay Centre

The Guardian - UK

Pay gap between bosses and employees must be reduced, UK workers say

Poll reveals appetite for rethinking relationship between the boardroom and low or middle earners

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on record payouts for CEOs: the way they live now

Editorial: The latest High Pay Centre report confirms the persistent and damaging culture of entitlement at the top of business

The Guardian - UK

How did CEO pay get so high in UK and can we do anything about it?

Median pay for a FTSE 100 boss rose to £4.19m in 2023, 120 times that of the average full-time worker

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 chief executive pay reaches highest level on record

Bosses of UK’s biggest companies are now paid 120 times more than average full-time worker in some instances

The Guardian - UK

The cries from Britain’s struggling CEOs are growing louder – how can they survive on a mere £4.4m a year?

There are fears in the City of an exodus of bosses to the US, where they reckon they’ll be paid the big bucks they surely deserve, says the author Stefan Stern

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The Guardian - UK

When £17m isn’t enough: FTSE firms plead to pay bosses millions more

Confronted by the huge salaries on offer in the US, London boardrooms are lobbying to be allowed to make their own bosses even wealthier

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 chiefs paid more in three days than average UK yearly wage, study says

Thinktank says analysis shows ‘obscene levels of pay inequality’ and calls for workers to be given places on company boards

The Conversation

Why CEOs and footballers attract different levels of outrage about high pay

The average pay of FTSE100 CEOs rose by 16% from £3.38 million in 2021 to £3.91 million in 2022, according to the latest figures from thinktank the High Pay Centre. In the same week this was reported, UK political figure Nigel Farage called outgoing NatWest boss Alison Rose’s £2.4 million…

The National (Scotland)

Typical CEO earning 118 times more than average worker, new analysis shows

PAY for top fat cat bosses across the UK leapt by an average of half a million last year while wages for the majority of workers struggled to keep…

The Guardian - UK

Top UK CEOs handed 16% pay rise as millions of workers squeezed – as it happened

Data from the High Pay Centre thinktank showed FTSE 100 bosses collected an average £500,000 pay rise last year, taking their median pay to £3.9m

The Independent UK

Fat cat bosses enjoy £500m pay rise as CEO salaries soar during cost of living crisis

Britain now ‘land of grotesque extremes’, say unions as wage gap widens

The Independent UK

Pay for top bosses jumps 16% as wider wages behind inflation – think tank

Median pay for a FTSE 100 CEO increased from £3.41 million in 2021 to £3.91 million in 2022, the High Pay Centre said.

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