Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus has been attacked as "out of touch" by Labour, as a government minister claimed he had a public "duty" to refuse it.
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne issued an outspoken appeal to Hester to put the taxpayer before his personal wealth and refuse to take the shares.
The bank chief earned the same in three days as a soldier fighting in Afghanistan did in a year, the Foreign Office minister told BBC1's Question Time, adding: "I think he should reflect on that."
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