The chief executive of HS2 was paid four times more than the prime minister last year, topping the list of highly paid executives and civil servants funded by the taxpayer. Mark Thurston, 53, had a salary of £625,000. He is one of 47 staff working for HS2 to earn more than £150,000. In total 518 public sector workers, besides local government executives, earned more than £150,000. Of the top 20 people on the list 12 were from Network Rail and three…

Source: The Times January 24, 2020 00:05 UTC