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Shelagh Fogarty: Northern Rock consumer team

Northern Rock consumer team

17/11/2011

BBC Radio 5 Live - Shelagh Fogarty, Northern Rock consumer team

The consumer team with Martin Lewis discuss the sale of Northern Rock.

The executive chairman of Northern Rock discusses the sale of the bank to Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money. The head of Virgin Money is also on the show.

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money is buying the publicly owned Northern Rock for 747 million pounds. There's reaction from the consumer team, plus the executive chairman of Northern Rock and the head of Virgin Money are on the programme. Also people living in the UK hoping to bring a foreign born wife or husband into the country will have to earn at least 18 and a half thousand pounds under new recommendations.

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