Other top performers at group share £1.9bn bonus pool while 90,000 employees awarded £500 each in shares

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The pay of Barclays’ chief executive has more than doubled to £10.5m, as a rebound in investment banking and steady interest rates helped push the UK bank’s annual profits up by almost a quarter.

CS Venkatakrishnan’s payout is one of the largest for a Barclays boss, having risen from £4.6m a year earlier in 2023.