UK Financial Investments has been variously described as “Fidelity with nuclear weapons” and a “very shadowy organisation.”
The “arms-length” government body was set up to manage the British government's 43 per cent stake in Lloyds bank and its 70 per cent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland, taken to bail out the troubled banks.
What is now clear is that the little-known entity housed in three rooms at the UK Treasury has played an important role in Sir Victor Blank's shock decision over the weekend to step down as chairman of Lloyds next year.
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