UK plays long game with safe £3.2bn Lloyds sale

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UK plays long game with safe £3.2bn Lloyds sale

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The UK government on Tuesday launched its disposals of the bank holdings it accumulated during the financial crisis with a cautiously sized, priced and executed £3.2bn overnight sale on Monday. Bankers hailed a forward-looking trade that established a precedent for the government’s smooth exit from the rest of the stake, writes Andrew Griffin.

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