Alistair Darling will today grill the chairmen and chief executives of Britain's largest banks over concerns that lenders are still failing to provide adequate capital to businesses, according to the Times.
Bosses from Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, both part-owned by the taxpayer, as well as HSBC and Barclays will attend this afternoon's meeting. The Chancellor is believed to be "extremely concerned" about lending to businesses and said that banks must "live up to the promises" they made after being bailed out with £37bn in taxpayers' money. Full story......
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