UK bonuses soar to £44bn beating pre-financial crash peak for the first time

Finance and insurance workers received highest average payout at £13,400 while health and social care staff got virtually nothingBritish companies paid a record of more than £44bn in bonuses last year, as employers outside the financial sector pushed payouts beyond the 2008 peak. Total bonus payments in the year to the end of March rose 4.4% to £44.3bn, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. The total in cash terms beat the record of £42.5bn that had s