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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

NatWest increases bonus pool by 44% as bank returns to profit

NatWest chief executive, Alison Rose
The NatWest chief executive Alison Rose’s total pay for 2021 was £3.6m, up from £2.6m a year earlier. Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto/Allstar

NatWest is giving its bankers bigger bonuses this year after the group, still majority-owned by taxpayers, bounced back to a £4bn profit in 2021 as the economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic.

The lender said it had increased its bonus pool to £298m, a 44% increase on a year earlier.

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