Cable bank 'needs £40bn state aid'

Business Secretary Vince Cable's plan for a Government-backed bank to increase lending to small businesses will need £40 billion of state funding to make it a success, according to new research.

The bank must also be free to raise up to £100 billion on the capital markets to top up the taxpayer-funded investment, urged the IPPR think-tank.
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