Fresh shame for Barclays as it’s revealed that it paid a trader a staggering £170million AFTER the global economic meltdown

‘A trader at Barclays bank was paid £170million in the five years after the financial crisis brought the country to its knees.

Jonathan Hoffman, 42, earned the vast sum at a time when banks were under pressure to reign in bonuses to avoid the risky behaviour which triggered a global economic meltdown.

The payment out-strips the £120million paid to the bank’s disgraced chief executive Bob Diamond over a similar period and sheds new light on the colossal sums paid to bankers even after the recession.’

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