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Northern Rock and the UK Banking Crisis

What led to the current UK banking crisis?

A look at the scale of the current banking crisis. How the nationalisation of Northern Rock led to a run on the bank and the start of the crisis. Also, how to put the break on carbon emissions in order to halt global warming and climate change. Finally, Simon Jenkins comments on the ascetic tone of Gordon Brown's premiership.

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26 minutes

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project