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NORTH SEA oil workers should get a pay rise in line with the staggering increase handed to Shell’s top boss, unions said today.

Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden saw his total pay packet rise by almost £800,000 last year.

He trousered a total of £7.811 million, including a £2.6m bonus, which was a quarter more than the previous year.

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