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No10 slaps down Chancellor Jeremy Hunt for claim £100,000 is 'not a huge salary' (www.mirror.co.uk)

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Mega-rich Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was accused of being out of touch after he claimed that £100,000-a-year was a measly salary for his constituents

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Percentile points from 1 to 99 for total income before and after tax

The 96th percentile was £97,200 in 2021/22.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Just to add more stats supporting your point, the UK personal finance website has a good set of summaries taken from UK gov data, £100k would put you in the top 10% of earners even in London (well above this everywhere else). 2023 data this time.

https://ukpersonal.finance/statistics/