Bank Bail Out: How taxpayers have become major shareholders

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Channel: Sky News · 2008 · News & Politics

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Gordon Brown has changed the face of banking in Britain -- effectively taking control of three of the country's biggest names with a 37-billion-pound rescue deal.

The bailout gives Number 10 a huge stake in RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB -- with tens of millions of customers and control of almost HALF the country's mortgage market between them.

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