Is it time to lay off the banks?

Nobody can deny that over the past year and a half the UK’s banking industry has taken a real battering from all sides, with consumers, government officials, regulators, and campaign groups having really laid into the banks, accusing them of everything from irresponsible lending practices to failure to control bonus levels paid to executives. Read more

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