Banks must aid small players

The UK government has helped bail out the banks and now it is the duty of our once-great British ins...

The UK government has helped bail out the banks and now it is the duty of our once-great British institutions to pass on this help to millions of small commercial businesses.

Chancellor Alistair Darling said on 30 October that banks should use a £4bn package of support from the European Investment Bank to help small-to-medium sized firms through the credit crunch: "I really do think it is important that British banks play their part. We, on behalf of the taxpayer, have a put a lot of money into

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