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Guernsey rules out state funding to help savers

By Andrew Bounds in Douglas and John Willman in London

Published: October 24 2008 03:00 | Last updated: October 24 2008 03:00

The Guernsey government has no plans to follow the Isle of Man's lead in offering public funds to help bail out savers in subsidiaries of collapsed Icelandic banks.

More than 12,000 people - many UK citizens - have been caught up in the collapse of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (Isle of Man) and Landsbanki Guernsey, which together held just under £1bn of their savings.

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