as of today, the bosses of britain s biggest companies will have made more money in 2024 so far than the typical worker makes all year. and that pay gap is growing. the average pay of the top ftse 100 chiefs amounts to £3.81 million per year, including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary is just under £35,000. sorry to upset your lunch or dinner. joining me now is chris roebuck a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. hello, lovely to have you with us on the bbc. that will be tough to swallow, won t it? are those figures justified? i swallow, won t it? are those figures “ustified? ~ , ., swallow, won t it? are those figures ustified? ~ , ., ., ., justified? i think you need to ask the question. justified? i think you need to ask the question, lobbyists - justified? i thin
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we start tonight with a special bbc report. for more than a year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called a state of exception , in which several constitutional rights were suspended in a national crackdown on the country s powerful street gangs. the police have arrested a staggering 66,000 people and el salvador s murder rate has fallen. but human rights organisations say thousands of people with no link to the gangs have been unjustly detained. 0ur correspondent will grant is covering this story for us. what have you learned? if we think about el salvador s nan- problem, the countries gang problem, the countries really synonymous with two main rival gangs. the ms13 and the 18 street gangs. they did rule all swathes of the country to a reign of terror, intimidation, violence and extortion. that is being exhausting for ordinary people as you can imagine, having to deal with that every day in their communities, fearful about the well being of their child
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