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Sants says banks failed to learn lessons

By Brooke Masters, Chief Regulation Correspondent

Published: November 9 2009 16:01 | Last updated: November 9 2009 16:01

Bank leaders have not learned the necessary lessons from the financial crisis, so the UK needs a strong united regulator to challenge them, the chief executive of the City regulator said on Monday.

In the wake of the financial crisis, the Tory opposition has proposed breaking up the Financial Services Authority to give prudential supervision to the Bank of England and conduct regulation to a new consumer protection agency.

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