Britons 'richer than Americans'
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The average UK person will be richer in 2008 than their US counterpart for the first time since the 1800s, analysts say.
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Comment is free: John Kelly: The prospect of living in Britain is financially daunting. My plan is to put the family in diapers.
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In executive compensation at least, where America leads, the UK follows. That's why it should come as no surprise that the total earnings of chief executives at British blue-chip companies have doubled over the past five years. For Americans, the surprise may be that average annual compensation for chief executives of FTSE 100 companies is so low: a mere &pound;3.17m, according to the latest report from Incomes Data Services, a UK research group. Compare the $48m earned last year by Stan O'Neal of Merrill Lynch.
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The rich pay a lot of taxes as a total percentage of taxes collected, but they donÂt pay a lot of taxes as a percentage of what they can afford to pay.
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The gap between rich and poor workers in the UK is growing, according to a survey which found top bosses' pay rising nearly 10 times as fast as that of the average employee.
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The gap between the pay of UK women and men is bigger than previously thought, a report says.
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The number of Britons who own a second home abroad has nearly doubled in the last two years and now stands at three percent of the population.
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In Britain, drivers pay nearly three times what Americans do for gasoline at the pump, and the high taxes that cause the huge difference have never managed to achieve one of the government's main goals: ...
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Britons typically drinking a third more than earlier surveys suggested as government issues re-think
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British kids enjoy the highest average annual income in Europe - a Datamonitor report has found.
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Parents in Britain are spending an average of nearly Â£3,000 a year on each child, a survey suggests.
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The average West Londoner contributes seven times the economic value of someone from South West Wales, official figures show.
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Web surfers in the U.K. spend more time online than those in the rest of Europe or the U.S., according to results from a study released on Monday.
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Britons are paying 62 pence per person per year to support Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family, according to Buckingham Palace accounts.
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The UK must force people to work until age 70 or pay 57 billion pounds ($102 billion) a year more in taxes to maintain income for retirees, a study commissioned by Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government showed.
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Britain's performance in a league table of universities has improved, but the US still dominates.
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Britain draws big economic benefits from an influx of migrant workers, particularly from eastern Europe, according to a report published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).