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Quigley, Conor --- "The United Kingdom" [2017] ELECD 1633; in Laprévote, François-Charles; Gray, Joanna; De Cecco, Francesco (eds), "Research Handbook on State Aid in the Banking Sector" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 242

Book Title: Research Handbook on State Aid in the Banking Sector

Editor(s): Laprévote, François-Charles; Gray, Joanna; De Cecco, Francesco

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783478071

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: The United Kingdom

Author(s): Quigley, Conor

Number of pages: 14

Abstract/Description:

This chapter describes the application of State aid rules to the United Kingdom during the financial crisis. It considers the schemes granted through bank recapitalization, the wholesale funding guarantee scheme, short-term liquidity measures, and a working capital guarantee scheme or asset-backed securities scheme. It also describes individual aid granted by the UK State to Northern Rock, Bradford & Bingley, Dunfermline Building Society, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group.