Banks shouldn’t be given such a hard time, says Mandelson

The Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson, has recently said to colleagues that the banking industry needs to be given a break, as banks are being given a hard time at the moment. He said that whilst banks had been given a ‘well deserved bloody nose’ but that people now needed to ease up on the banks because they needed them to succeed for the sake of the economy. Read more

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