Mr Vernon-Jackson described this as an "academy tax" which was top-slicing money from councils to pay for academies.

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Resistance to such "top-slicing" was "incredibly strong across the organisation", he added.

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Or it could be because some restaurants cut a slit down the top, nearly slicing it in half.

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The settlement, therefore, simply shifts dollars from the winners to the losers, with lawyers slicing 20% or so off the top.

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