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Government should 'call RBS board's bluff'

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The directors of Royal Bank of Scotland are threatening to resign if the government stops them paying bonuses of £1.5bn to staff in its investment arm.

Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable told the Today programme that the government should accept the resignation of the board.

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