CITY VIEWS: SHOULD RBS AND LLOYDS SHARES BE GIVEN TO TAXPAYERS?
KAMAAL HUSSAIN | LINEDATA LIMITED
“The government needs to retain control, the crisis is still causing problems so we need to wait until it is over. I don’t think we should sell because relinquishing control will cause an unbalance we aren’t equipped to deal with.”
ROBERT UNSWORTH | MONTPELIER SYNDICATE
“The shares should be given to taxpayers because the government’s money is the taxpayers’ money. I don’t think we should sell the stakes to overseas investors because it should be UK people in control of the UK banks.”
SPENCER HALLIDAY | INSURANCE INSIDER
“Shares in RBS and Lloyds should be given back to the taxpayers, but because of the financial crisis the country really needs to gain maximum profit, which would be generated by selling the shares.”