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In a pre-Christmas give-away, some 20,000 workers at the Barclays Capital investment bank will see their salaries jump sharply, sources said. High-flyers could enjoy massive hikes of 150 per cent or more, pushing their basic pay up to as much as £300,000. Adding in bonuses, scores of Barclays Capital bankers regularly take home between £1million and £2million a year.