21-02-2018 20:16 via theguardian.com

It would be useful to know what Corbyn really thinks of Lloyds | Nils Pratley

Is it the Labour leader’s kind of bank or is it one that he would prefer to break up?Lloyds Banking Group’s profits are back at pre-crisis level, there’s a new, digital-heavy three-year plan and enough surplus cash to spend £1bn buying back shares. Very good, but the chief executive, António Horta-Osório, has a more interesting boast. Lloyds, he said, is “completely aligned” with Jeremy Corbyn’s vision that banks should serve the “rea
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