BP has frozen pay for its nearly 84,000 employees globally for 2015.

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It made the decision in response to changes to simplify and increase efficiency throughout BP.

It is also in response to its market environment, which has seen a significant fall in oil prices.

The pay freeze will have some exceptions for specific circumstances and will be reviewed again in 2016.

Bob Dudley, group chief executive at BP, said: “The tougher external environment in 2015 means that our businesses and functions need to work…to take a number of measures in response to the harsh trading environment [in] a $50 (£33) per barrel world.

“One of the measures we are taking across the group is a general freeze to base pay for 2015 with only a few exceptions for specific circumstances around the world.

“We will review salaries again in the normal way in 2016.”