The top 1 per cent are the only group whose pay has grown faster than inflation
Pay growth at the top has reached 11 per cent while the bottom tenth of earners have seen their wages rise by just 1 per cent.
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Katharine Swindells
Katharine Swindells is a data journalist at New Statesman Media Group working with City Monitor.
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