‘Taxpayers are to foot a £1million legal bill so George Osborne can go into battle with Brussels to defend bankers’ mega-bonuses.
The public will have to pay for £700-an-hour lawyers to argue in court that the people widely blamed for wrecking the economy should hang on to their multi-million pound payouts.
The chancellor has filed a complaint against the European Union over its plans to cap bonuses, claiming the move will drive up bankers’ basic salaries.’
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