I earn good money not quite £48k but not far off, but I also am a single parent with 2 jobs, so it's got nothing to do with "why am I not getting that much as you put it" but even so its very good money! There is no issue with being paid well for a job well done from me, but I think they are cheeky considering there is nearly 3 million unemployed that would do there job for half of that amount in many cases, not forgetting the tanker drivers in Afghanistan, hey Just my opinion..