Landsbanki group calls for expat access to UK accounts

Landsbanki Guernsey collapsed on 7 October leaving depositors in the bank without 70% of their savings. "About 94% of depositors are British and lots had accounts with Cheshire Building Society Guernsey [before it became part of the Icelandic bank] and are not tax-dodging millionaires!" says Neil Dickens, chair of LGDAG. Speaking at the Treasury Select Committee's Banking Crisis Enquiry, Dickens says the action group would "like to be able to open accounts in the UK so all the UK can be treated the same-fairly and equally". Only two out of 57 banks allow British expats to place money ...