WATER BOSSES’ PAY RISES DESPITE BONUS BAN AND PUBLIC FURY OVER BILLS AND POLLUTION
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Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal Water company bosses’ total pay rose over the past year despite a government bonus ban and public outrage over pollution… One chief executive, Mark Thurston of Anglian Water, received £1.9m – including a £500,000 “retention payment”, despite the bonus ban.
According to The Guardian, Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal Water company bosses’ total pay rose over the past year despite a government bonus ban and public outrage over pollution…
The available RSS description adds: One chief executive, Mark Thurston of Anglian Water, received £1.9m – including a £500,000 “retention payment”, despite the bonus ban.
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- The Guardian: Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can reveal Water company bosses’ total pay rose over the past year despite a government bonus ban and public outrage over pollution…
- The Guardian: One chief executive, Mark Thurston of Anglian Water, received £1.9m – including a £500,000 “retention payment”, despite the bonus ban.
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- 24/07/2026, 18:09 PRIMARY FEED WATER BOSSES’ PAY RISES DESPITE BONUS BAN AND PUBLIC FURY OVER BILLS AND POLLUTION (The Guardian • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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