WESSEX WATER CHIEF POCKETS ABOVE-INFLATION PAY RISE DESPITE BONUS BAN OVER SEWAGE SPILLS
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CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’ Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned… Ruth Jefferson received a 14% base salary increase in October, from £590,000 to £670,000, before other benefits, according to accounts published this month.
It was far above the 3.5% given to workers, and put her pay at 18 times that of the company’s median employee. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian: CEO’s pay packet surges to £791,000 as union says public ‘sick of obscene pay’ and bosses ‘feathering own nests’ Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned…
- The Guardian: Ruth Jefferson received a 14% base salary increase in October, from £590,000 to £670,000, before other benefits, according to accounts published this month.
- The Guardian: It was far above the 3.5% given to workers, and put her pay at 18 times that of the company’s median employee.
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- Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on WESSEX, WATER, CHIEF, POCKETS, ABOVE.
- Original feed: The Guardian.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 08:00 UK.
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