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After that, the Treasury handed predicting growth to the OBR.
The Queen celebrated her 90th birthday. It isn’t just the royals who are living longer.
— In 1952 life expectancy at birth was 66 for men and 70 for women. It is now 79.1 and 82.8 respectively.
— There were 300 Britons over the age of 100 in 1952. There are now 14,500, with another 527,000 over 90.
— In 1952, 1.5% of women over 65 were still working. Now, 6.5% are.
BP shareholders voted against the £13.8m pay package of chief executive Bob Dudley, although he has already been paid the money. Which FTSE bosses earn the most relative to their average employee (not accounting for part-time staff)?
| Total pay in 2014 | |
| Martin Sorrell, WPP | £29.8m |
| Simon Wolfson, Next | £4.6m |
| Richard Cousins, Compass | £5.5m |
| Andy Harrison, Whitbread | £6.4m |
| Peter Long, TUI Travel | £10m |
| Multiple of average employee’s earnings | |
| Martin Sorrell, WPP | 780 |
| Simon Wolfson, Next | 459 |
| Richard Cousins, Compass | 418 |
| Andy Harrison, Whitbread | 415 |
| Peter Long, TUI Travel | 377 |
Source: High Pay Centre
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