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Updated on 03 November 2009

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Alistair Darling has defended Government plans to pump another £30 billion of public money into banks and insisted the taxpayer is getting a "better deal".

The Chancellor confirmed moves to break up the part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group to appease European competition fears.

"I believe that what we have got here is better structured," he said. "It is a better deal for the taxpayer."

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