UK chief executives’ average pay is 183 times that of workers

The average pay of a chief executive in leading companies is almost £5m — 183 times that of workers, a new study has revealed.

The top 10 highest-paid chief executives were paid over £156m between them in 2014, prompting fresh calls to curb executive pay.

Research among FTSE 100 companies by the High Pay Centre think tank found that average pay jumped to £4.964 million in 2014, compared with £4.129m in 2010.