UK’s Osborne defends ‘middle way’ struck by BoE bill

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George Osborne
George Osborne: Any resolution that created a two-tier regime would have created "a bit of a dog's breakfast"

Enforcing the reverse burden of proof in the UK's senior managers regime at banks but not other financial firms would have created "a bit of a dog's breakfast", the UK's finance minister said today (October 22).

Despite initially intending to put the onus on providing proof on individuals at banks rather than the regulator, the plans were scrapped, a decision George Osborne justified in his appearance at the Treasury Committee.

Under the Bank of England Bill, the senior managers regime is being

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