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The real take-home pay of top earners
has grown 10 times as fast as that of
thf avfrage worker, according to
Treasury figures.
A married man with two children and a
salary of £80,000 has seen his real
take-home pay grow by 54 per cent
since 1978-79.
His counterpart on earnings of about
£8,000 has had an increase of 5.7 per
cent.
Thf figures were given in a Commons
reply to a question from Birmingham
Perry Bar MP Mr Jeff 2ookfr.
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