Danny Alexander: 'No-one wants bonus culture'

Name: Danny Alexander: 'No-one wants bonus culture'
Uploaded: 2012-01-29T13:20:18.000Z
Duration: 2 min 50 s
Description: The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has defended the government's decision not to overrule RBS's decision to award boss Stephen Hester a £963,000 share bonus.

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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has defended the government's decision not to overrule RBS's decision to award boss Stephen Hester a £963,000 share bonus.

Danny Alexander said, "all of us would prefer we... didn't have this culture of bonus entitlement", but he said, "for the wider taxpayer interest, this is the way we've got to go"

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29 January 2012