Hunt and Bailey united at IMF talks on potential banking changes

Consider raising saver protection

Eve Maddock-Jones
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The governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt both signalled that their respective institutions would consider raising the level of protection of bank customers in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

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