The 'stratospheric' gulf between CEO pay and average earners, in one chart
The top-paid executives in Britain have salaries more than 180 times larger than average workers.
A report by the Labour Research Department, a trade union-backed
thinktank that is not directly connected to the Labour Party, said the
gap between the most well remunerated executives and most workers was
widening year by year.
At least 535 bosses are now paid at least £1million per year, while
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of advertising and PR group WPP,
received £43million (including £274,000 for flights so his wife could
accompany him on business trips.
