David Cameron earns just £142,500 a year for running the country - a fraction of what chief executives of multi-national companies take home in salary and bonuses. Despite the PMs relatively small salary, not every one in official posts takes home a modest pay check. According to a recent report by the Taxpayers Alliance, as many as 2,525 council staff earn more than £100,000 while 42 local authority employees are on more than £250,000. Nearly 8,000 NHS staff were paid a six-figure salary last year - with the highest-paid executive taking home £340,000 - almost 16 times the pay of the average ward nurse, on £21,000. Still, its not all bad news for Mr Cameron. Gordon Brown earned £1.37m from extra work beyond his MPs duties last year, such as speeches and writing jobs, and Tony Blairs various business interests since leaving office has led some to put his net worth at about £20 million.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:31:56 +0000
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