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UK's top banks accept bonus curb

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Britain's five biggest banks have agreed to curb bonuses in line with the deal reached at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.

Risk taking, encouraged by large bonuses was blamed for bringing the world banking system to the brink of collapse.

The BBC's Robert Peston reports.

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