Former HBOS chiefs to come under fire for £30bn bailout

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The senior executives of collapsed bank HBOS will come under fire from MPs on Thursday with the publication of a damning report on the failed bank.

According to the FT, the report from the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards will also reveal that the total cost of bailing out HBOS was close to £30bn. It will offer harsh criticism of the series of failures on risk controls and corporate governance which led to the bank's high profile collpase in 2008. Citing sources familiar with the paper, the FT reports Lord Stevenson, chairman of the bank from its creation up to 2008, Sir James Crosby who was chief executive up to early 2007, and Andy Hornby, CEO for the following two years, are set to be the main focus of the report’...

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