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Pledges dumped with a smile

Source: Irish Times, Dec 5 2012, 6:32pm CST

ANALYSIS : George Osborne’s mini-budget took a little from the wealthy and a lot from the poorest For a man facing unprecedented challenges, George Osborne looked surprisingly chirpy yesterday. Dumping core promises is never easy, but ...

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Osborne: Treasury considering returning Lloyds to private sector

Source: Herald Scotland  |   Jun 19 2013, 5:21pm CDT

The Treasury is "actively considering" steps to return partially state-owned Lloyds bank to the private sector, and may offer some shares to the public, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced. The Treasury is \"actively considerin ...

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Osborne hints at Ulster Bank sale

Source: BBC News  |   Jun 19 2013, 4:09pm CDT

19 June 2013 Last updated at 17:09 ET Chancellor George Osborne's review into RBS will focus on Ulster Bank The chancellor of the exchequer has raised the possibility of Ulster Bank being sold off from its parent Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Geor ...

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27 weeks ago


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"How on earth can you deal with a borrowing problem by pledging to borrow more?"


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Lloyds ready for sale, as upbeat George Osborne says recovery is on

Source: Metro.co.uk  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:50pm CDT

George Osborne signalled his intention to return Lloyds bank to the private sector as he gave his most upbeat assessment of the economy to date. Delivering his Mansion House speech to the City, he said he will give billions of pounds ...

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UK banking commission urges better standards

Source: ABC6 Columbus Ohio  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:42pm CDT

LONDON (AP) - British bankers could soon be facing harsher penalties for behaving badly. After a year which has seen major scandals involving rate-rigging, money-laundering and rogue-trading rock the UK's financial industry, an influential parl ...

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George Osborne ready to sell taxpayers' stake in Lloyds Banking Group

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:13pm CDT

George Osborne has signalled he is ready to start the sell-off of the taxpayer's stake in Lloyds Banking Group, but said he is to consider whether to break up the Royal Bank of Scotland, in a move that could delay the bailed out bank's return t ...

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Treasury 'considering Lloyds sale'

Source: The Lancashire Telegraph  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:13pm CDT

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne walks along The Strand, central London, on his way to visit a branch of Lloyds TSB The Treasury is "actively considering" steps to return partially state-owned Lloyds Bank to the private sector, ...

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Lloyds privatisation is 'active', says George Osborne

Source: The Telegraph  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:01pm CDT

Sir Mervyn King, the outgoing Governor of the Bank of England, welcomed the Chancellor’s comments and said it was “time for decisive action”. “Britain needs a thriving banking system to serve households and businesses, and Lloyds and RBS wil ...

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George Osborne's 'bad bank' plan for RBS has one big danger

Source: The Telegraph  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:52pm CDT

Mr Osborne does not appear to agree – admitting he now believes it should probably have been prised in two in 2008 when the Government first bailed it out – and has fired the starting pistol on a review which is lik ...

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George Osborne's shift on bad bank model is welcome

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:46pm CDT

The mystery deepens. Last week it was imperative that Stephen Hester be hustled out of Royal Bank of Scotland because the Treasury wanted privatisation to happen by the end of 2014 and to give a new chief executi ...

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