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NAO report reveals how Branson ‘Glazered’ taxpayer on Northern Rock
A National Audit Office report has revealed the taxpayer may never see payment for the Northern Rock sale to Virgin.
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The FSA can’t stop Virgin stripping another £345 million from Northern Rock deal
The FSA can’t stop Virgin stripping another £345 million from Northern Rock deal, explains Cormac Hollingsworth.
The £150 million hole in Osborne’s Virgin/Northern Rock deal
George Osborne didn’t sell Northern Rock at 80% of book value, but at 66% of book value, reports Cormac Hollingsworth.
Northern Rock sale shows Osborne’s failure of ambition on real bank reform
The Tories' and Lib Dems' warm words on co-operatives are hollow; the resurrection of Northern Rock's failed ownership model underlines that point.
Failure to remutualise Northern Rock does nothing to prevent repeat of collapse
At the time of the banking collapse, the Bank of England said that there was a need for more stable banking structures in the UK. So why isn't George Osborne remutualising Northern Rock?
‘Return the Rock’: Re-mutualise or privatise?
Joe Cox and William Cass make the case for re-mutualising Northern Rock - rather than privatising the rescued bank.