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Ten years after the banking crisis began, the unfairness of its aftermath still stings

9 September 2017

9:00 AM

9 September 2017

9:00 AM

Arguably it was Robert Peston’s breathless reporting of trouble at Northern Rock on the evening of 13 September 2007 that kicked off the crisis. The next morning, depositors were queuing round the block and the drama that would almost bring down the global banking system a year later had begun.

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