SRM chief Jon Wood gave Tories £500000 to sort out Labour 'mess' - Telegraph.co.uk


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SRM chief Jon Wood gave Tories £500000 to sort out Labour 'mess'
Telegraph.co.uk
A source close to the situation dismissed as "utterly ridiculous" speculation that the Coalition could announce a review of Northern Rock's collapse as the ...
Tories' £500000 from the City boss who calls himself 'Keyser Soze' after movie ...Daily Mail
Hedge fund boss gave Tories £500000 during electionThe Guardian

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Rock withdraws £99 mortgage fee - The Press Association


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Rock withdraws £99 mortgage fee
The Press Association
Nationalised bank Northern Rock has been forced to withdraw its £99 mortgage application fee due to a technical problem, it has emerged. ...
£99 mortgage fee withdrawn by Northern RockThrifty Scot (press release)

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Steve Richards: A journey that leads to Cameron - Independent

Steve Richards: A journey that leads to Cameron
Independent
But he could not utter the word "state" and worried neurotically about the nationalisation of Northern Rock even when The Economist magazine was arguing for ...

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Northern Rock chief almost ashamed of what the banking industry had done - The Guardian


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Northern Rock chief almost ashamed of what the banking industry had done
The Guardian
It was this memory that persuaded him to take the helm of Northern Rock after it was nationalised and strengthened his resolve that the lender would have a ...

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A £12m home in a tax haven, a taste for cage fighting... and a judge branded ... - Daily Mail


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A £12m home in a tax haven, a taste for cage fighting... and a judge branded ...
Daily Mail
George Osborne, after all, opposed the nationalisation of Northern Rock when he was shadow chancellor. Mr Wood's spokesman denies this and points out that ...

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Bank float starts high street push - Financial Times


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Bank float starts high street push
Financial Times
A likely target is Northern Rock, the nationalised bank with about 75 retail branches that is likely to come up for sale at the end of this year. ...
Exclusive: Former Lloyds Boss, Hedge Funds Back New Bank VehicleSky News (blog)
Stock market listing nets bank £50mThe Press Association
Old guard adapts to new world orderFinancial News
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How money talks to Labour and Tories - BBC News (blog)


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How money talks to Labour and Tories
BBC News (blog)
... because their funds - SRM and RAB respectively - lost colossal sums as investors in Northern Rock after the previous government nationalised the Rock. ...

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Northern Rock Foundation's cash source set to dry up - Journal Live

Northern Rock Foundation's cash source set to dry up
Journal Live
In 2008, then Chancellor Alistair Darling agreed the foundation would receive £15m a year up until 2010 as part of the nationalisation of Northern Rock. ...
Talks begin on Northern Rock Foundation futureSunderland Echo
Focus on future of Northern Rock FoundationChronicleLive

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