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Part nationalised banks are for lending, not bonuses says Cable
February 25, 2010 4:04 PM
Originally published by UK Liberal Democrats
Originally published by UK Liberal Democrats
"RBS rewarding individual bankers is like a football team paying their striker for scoring when they've just been relegated," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable. "It's hard to understand why £1.3bn is being paid out in bonuses when RBS continues to make losses.
"It is good news that RBS is meeting its mortgage lending target, but its lending to business has fallen.
"The Government has to get a grip and explain how it will exercise its 84% shareholding in RBS to benefit the taxpayer. At present we are seeing very little. Part nationalised banks are for lending, not bonuses.
"Chief Executive Stephen Hester seems to think that his only goal is to push up the share price. But RBS has made a commitment to support recovery by ensuring that viable businesses are not starved of capital. If RBS doesn't lend to businesses they will go bust and people will lose their jobs.
"The lending agreements for 2011 need to be more concrete, long term and better policed."
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