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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

BP company directors earned enough in 2021 to pay 246 nurses salaries

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Fossil fuel giant BP paid its board members enough in one year to fund the salaries of 246 NHS nurses.

The figures come after the London-headquartered oil and gas multinational posted record profits of £23bn, fuelled by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine.

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