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Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
The Guardian
•January 10, 2026•By Jasper Jolly👁️0
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Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus paymentsThe bosses of Wessex Water received £50,000 in previously undisclosed extra pay from a parent company, in the same year that the utility was banned from paying bonuses, the Guardian can reveal.Chief executive Ruth Jefferson and chief financial officer Andy Pymer were paid £24,000 and £27,000 respectively in the year to June 2025, according to a spokesperson for Wessex Water’s owner, the Malaysian YTL group. Continue reading...
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