As Treasury officials finalised details of the US bank recapitalisation plan over the past week, they had to strike a very fine balance

Negotiations are continuing today over a contentious part of Gordon Brown's bank rescue plan which could threaten the future of the deal.

The Times has a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of how the bank rescue was put together. It's marred only by the title they give the piece - "How Gordon Brown took the credit for his sidekick’s rescue plan". Certain sectors of the press and all Tories have been criticising the Bank rescue, not on the details of the plan (it's a very good plan, so hard to pick at it), but on the basis that

Chancellor Alistair Darling has given his backing to Lloyds TSB's takover of rival Halifax Bank of Scotland in a £12.2bn rescue deal.

The Bank England reveals it lent RBS and HBOS £61.6bn in emergency funding in October and November 2008.

Updates with all the key points, expert reaction and your views as the UK government unveils its bank rescue plans.

The Chancellor will make a statement about a rescue plan for British banks following a meeting with the PM, the Governor of the Bank of England and the head of the FSA.

Military police are investigating allegations of improper conduct during bidding for a £6bn privatisation of search and rescue, bringing the deal to the brink of collapse

The Bradford and Bingley's share price seems to have fallen to just 20p. The bank clearly seems in trouble. In my view, the government should learn from the dithering over the Northern Rock rescue and step in as soon as possible to nationalise the bank. There is the chance that, like in the HBOS case, another bank may step in and rescue it. Those of a more free-market bent than myself might prefer...

A fresh rescue package for the beleaguered bank system will be launched today with the promise of a £14bn boost to mortgage lending by state-controlled Northern Rock.