i swear i do not know the man. head strong, stumbling, confused, questioning: jesus loves peter not in spite of his failings, i think sometimes, but because of them. the vatican claim they have found peter s bones beneath the basilica which bears his name. they may have discovered the ancient man upon whom the church and all its traditions are founded. who is peter? did he travel to rome to lay the foundations for the christian church? and could these really be peter s bones? [ speaking in foreign language ] november 2013, vatican city, rome. pope francis causes a sensation. 2013 was a year of faith, and as part of an extra kind of reward for pilgrims who had come, pope francis displayed these nine bones, and he s essentially making the claim that he s holding right there, the bones of the person who founded the church in rome: st. peter. the revelation of st. peter s bones makes headlines around the world. this is something that has never happened befor
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
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 isjust under £35,000. chris roebuck is a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. i asked him if these huge payouts are justified. we will come back to that in a moment. but essentially he told me a little bit more about the talent poaching that the city had to be careful of unless they paid the ceos competitive salaries. this is what he told me. well, i think you need to ask the question. lobbyists are saying, yes, they are justified because we need to attract the best ceos to the uk or to keep them here. but, actually, this is not consistent across the world. if you look at some of the data on that ratio. if you say, if we re at 200, the us is at 270, but funnily enough german is only at 136, so the ratio of germany ceo play to empl
that s according to the think tank, the high pay centre who have calculated that the average pay of top bosses will overtake the average full time workers annual pay by 1300 gmt today. joining me now is susannah streeter. happy new year. anybody looking at those and struggling on an annual salary of 34,963, the average, will be aghast. take a through the figures. be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. ., , ., , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , ., ,, figures. it really does stick in the craw, figures. it really does stick in the craw. doesn t figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this has - figures. it really does stick in the i craw, doesn t it? this has come out today and at a time when the cost of living crisis is still swelling in the uk and the ftse 100 has also the uk and the ftse10
sir keir will be at a technology centre in the city of bristol where he will also be taking questions from journalists. live now to westminster and our political correspondent, henry zeffman. what is expected to be the priority for him to set out in his speech? i think you re going to have keir starmer trying to set the tone for the year ahead and, as you will know, it is a big year ahead for keir starmer because he begins the year as leader of the labour party, leader of the opposition but he may well end the year as prime minister. we are expecting a general election, almost certainly to take place in 2024. i think you will have keir starmer trying to use rhetoric and language to talk about the choice that he thinks will come in the general election. this is not going to be a policy heavy speech, it is going to be keir starmer trying to talk about the year ahead, the choice ahead. some of the rhetoric we have had already in advance from his team we are expecting him to use