Nearly 2,500 UK-based bankers took home pay packages worth more than €1m (£864,460) in 2011, according to figures released by the EU's banking watchdog.

Nearly 2,500 UK-based bankers took home pay packages worth more than €1m (£864,460) in 2011, according to figures released by the EU's banking watchdog.In 2011, 2,436 UK-based bankers earned in excess of €1m, down from 2,525 the previous year, according to a study by the European Banking Authority. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10180313/More-than-2400-British-bankers-paid-over-1m-says-EU-regulator.html