Daily Mail: Olympic casual staff earned up to £1,200 a day

Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:  'When London bid for the 2012 Olympics, we were told it was a golden opportunity to showcase the Capital and encourage sport.

'Now we've got the Games, it seems to be a tawdry money-making opportunity for a few fat cats at taxpayers' expense.  No wonder people are so disillusioned.'