the banks and? what will the repercussions be in the future?
Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to wipe away bad assets in the banks to free up cash and encourage them to start lending again.
This means £500 billion worth of bad loans and investments made by the banks will disappear - the burden of which lays firmly in taxpayers' pockets.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090224/tuk-taxpayers-pick-up-bank-burden-again-dba1618.html
Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to wipe away bad assets in the banks to free up cash and encourage them to start lending again.
This means £500 billion worth of bad loans and investments made by the banks will disappear - the burden of which lays firmly in taxpayers' pockets.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090224/tuk-taxpayers-pick-up-bank-burden-again-dba1618.html