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PM urges bank 'social contract'

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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a new "social contract" with the world's banks to make them more responsible to society.

He said they should be forced to set money aside, which could be funded in a number of ways, including a global levy on transactions.

Hugh Pym reports.

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