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Lifting the bankers’ bonus cap is an insult to the British people
How can it be justified to hand yet more riches to the already wealthy while poverty and foodbank use among ordinary people are on the rise, asks JON TRICKETT MP
PM Rishi Sunak

BERTOLT BRECHT once remarked that if you want to make money, you would be better off owning a bank rather than robbing one.

As recent weeks have shown, banks hold enormous power in our society.

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-budget announced a series of mistaken policy shifts that sparked a response from financial markets that ultimately brought them down.

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