Article: Fury at Northern Rock bonus plan

NATIONALISED Northern Rock provoked outrage last night after the bank confirmed plans to pay staff a ten per cent bonus for hitting targets.

On the day figures revealed record numbers of people losing their jobs across the region, bank managers said they would be paying out [pounds ]8.8m on top of basic salaries.

The bonus - which will be paid out tomorrow - is a reward to the Rock's 4,000 staff for hitting targets on repaying the bank's [pounds ]26bn Government loan.

But critics said the bonuses were inappropriate when thousands of

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