MPs call for 'outdated' FCA to be split

Follows HBOS failures

Jayna Rana
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A group of MPs have recommended the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) be broken into two so one part focuses on finding rule-breaking banks and the other supervises the wider financial industry.

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