Responding to RBS’ 2018 Q3 results which saw a 14% rise in pre-tax profits, Fran Boait, executive director of Positive Money said:
“Another boost in profits is another reminder of the cost of the RBS sell-off. The government selling off its majority stake at a loss soon after the bank turns profitable would be another farcical twist in the bailout story, which has seen the taxpayer underwrite a decade of reckless behaviour, scandals and investigations.
“It’s in the public interest for the government to stop the RBS sell-off. Keeping the bank under public ownership would avoid the taxpayer losing out on billions of pounds as well as giving the government more power to encourage better banking.”
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