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Taxpayers will lhelp fund Northern Rock's return to mortgage lending
Government gives loan to Northern Rock to re-enter mortgage market

By politics.co.uk staff Northern Rock is set to resume lending with up to £14 billion in new mortgages by 2011, the government has announced. Chancellor Alistair Darling said Northern Rock will be allowed to lend up to 90 per cent of the home’s value, although most banks are refusing to lend more than 75 per… Read more »

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Sir Ken accuses the Home Office of liberty sapping addiction
Bank fraud more of a danger than terrorists

By Matthew West The former director of public prosecutions has hit out at the government in an article in The Times today in which he says bank fraud poses a greater threat to society than terrorism. In a highly critical article Sir Ken MacDonald, who served as director of public prosecutions for five years between… Read more »