The ten best-paying jobs in the UK, and why

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The Office for National Statistics publishes a list every year that inspires envy and frustration around the country. It's the list of the best-paid jobs in the UK - which appears as part of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. It reveals - perhaps unsurprisingly - that the fattest cats of them all are chief executives.

But which other occupations make the list, and why are they so well-paid?

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