Heads must roll, urges union chief

A leading trade union has called for "heads to roll" - including the sacking of bankers - as a result of the crisis which led to the extraordinary Government intervention.

The GMB said workers were not prepared to see bankers receive huge bonuses, paid for by the taxpayer, while pay rises for public sector staff have been kept below the rate of inflation this year.

Giving millions of public sector workers, including nurses and teachers, a pay rise to keep pace with inflation would have cost just £1.5 billion - a fraction of the banking bail-out, said general secretary Paul Kenny.

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