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“£80,000 salary is nowhere near in the top 5%...not even in the top 50%”
BBC Question Time audience member Claim dated 21 Nov 2019.
BBC Reality Check rated thisThis is not correct

In short

BBC Question Time audience member made this claim around 21 November 2019. BBC Reality Check (United Kingdom) looked into it and published its finding on 22 November 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “This is not correct”.

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