CASHING IN WITH OUR MONEY - Daily Express
Story date: 2008-04-27 08:33:00
Added on: 2008-04-27 13:01:23
BRITAIN’S high street banks handed out dividends worth £14billion to shareholders just weeks before going cap in hand to the taxpayer for cash. A study by the Sunday Express reveals that all five of Britain’s biggest banks have increased their ...
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