Paul Myners, Baron Myners
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Paul Myners, Baron Myners, was a British businessman and politician. In October 2008 he was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer and was appointed City Minister in the Labour Government of Go
Official portrait, 2006
During the period 2007–2009, the UK government intervened financially to support the UK banking sector, and four UK banks in particular.
Paul Myners, Baron Myners
…was responsible for overseeing the financial services sector during the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath, including leading the controversial 2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package. Myners sat in the House of Lords as a Labour peer until 2014, resigning to become a non-affiliated member before joining the crossbench group in 2015…
Ceremonial plaque from the opening of Lehman Brothers’ European HQ in Canary Wharf in 2004. Later, in 2010, this would be auctioned by the Lehman administrators for £28,750.
People queuing at a branch of the Northern Rock bank in Brighton on 14 September 2007
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