The Yorkshire Post says: Money machines. RBS and its debt to local branches
It’s just a shame there was little acknowledgement of the hardship and heartache suffered by its customers since the financial crash – or the resentment as it prepares to shut 197 NatWest branches and 62 RBS local banks.
Given it was taxpayers who had to bail out the banking industry, and given that the closure programme means some communities losing the last bank in town without alternative arrangements being put in place, Mr McEwan could have shown some humility.
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