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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne
Tuesday, Feb. 08, 2011

Open quoteIt would have been better if, when we were bailing the banks out, we had secured something from the banks in return. Close quote

  • GEORGE OSBORNE,
  • Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, announcing an increase in the tax on banks, to provide an extra £800 million ($1.3 billion) to the treasury
Photo: Dominic Lipinski / Pool / Reuters | Source: BBC