Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley's 'bad bank' paid back another £1.9bn to taxpayers in the first half of the year, the Telegraph reports.
UK Asset Resolution (UKAR), the state-owned firm responsible for winding down the mortgage books of the collapsed banks, said repayments to the government had surged more than 70% from £788m a year earlier. Its pre-tax profits increased 10% to £529m down to the improving economy and a drop in the number of mortgages in severe arrears. Repossessions fell more than 8% to 3,871 and charges for bad debts also fell. Chief executive Richard Banks said: "All that suggests that the economy is starting to improve and people's finances are starting to improve." He added there were "definit...
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