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FTSE fat cats will claw in a year's pay by 1pm today

BRITAIN’S top bosses will have earned more money by 1pm today than the average worker makes in the entire year.

New research published on “fat cat Friday” shows chief executives at leading British firms are earning 133 times more than workers on a median annual salary of £28,758.

The average annual wage of bosses at FTSE 100 firms has risen by 11 per cent since this time last year to £3.9 million, making executive wages the highest since records began in 2017.

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