Sunday People

£1bn? Flat’s rich, Rodders

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CHATEAUNEU­F-DU-PAPE, , Rodders! They’re only turning our old gaff into a load of yuppie flats! s!

Del Boy must have needed eded a few stiff pina coladas down the Nags Head after hearing that Nelson Mandela House has been n sold.

The London tower block ck that was used for external shots of f the Trotters’ home in Only Fools ools and Horses will be torn down. n.

And new flats, mostly earmarked for private buyers, are set t to make the developers a cushti £1billion.

The news emerged, rather ther aptly, on Fat Cat Friday as Britain’s ain’s top bosses were metaphoric­ally ally flicking the Vs from on high. igh.

Because by lunchtime on Friday, January 4, chief ef execs of FTSE 100 firms have already trousered more than an ordinary employee earns in a YEAR. R.

Their salaries average £3.9million – 133 times the typical worker’s £29,574. .

Theresa May has criticised cised this “irrational and unhealthy” y” divide but failed to act.

And now TUC boss Frances ances O’grady says we must redesign edesign a fairer economy as “millions ons of hardworkin­g people give e more than they get back but greedy y executives are taking more than they’ve ey’ve earned”.

And this time next year, ar, they’ll still be billionair­es.

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