Defence company chiefs pocketed 138 times the average UK worker’s wage in 2024, with their average CEO annual pay increasing by £1.5 million in the last decade - AOAV
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Action on Armed Violence analysis found that CEOs of the UK's largest defence companies earned an average of £5.2 million in 2024, with executive pay rising by £1.53 million on average over the past decade and far outpacing both median UK earnings and wider FTSE 100 remuneration levels amid growing military spending.
  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comdeleted by creatorEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Keep this in mind when politicians keep harping on about the urgent need to increase defence spending at the expense of other more vital areas.

  • als@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I still find it mad that we call them “defence companies” and not “arms dealers” or “death mongers”