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09:33 GMT, Friday, 10 October 2008 10:33 UK

Council's bank in administration

Landbanksi branch

Another West Midlands council has said it has money in a bank which has been placed in administration.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, in Staffordshire, has £2.5m in Heritable Bank, which has Iceland bank Landbanski as its parent company.

Landsbanki was taken over by the Icelandic government and declared insolvent on Tuesday.

Nine more West Midlands councils and a police authority have accounts with troubled Icelandic banks.

A spokeswoman for Newcastle-under-Lyme council said the money in Heritable Bank was a small proportion of the authority's investment portfolio.

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"We have not been told we have lost that money and are now waiting for news from the administrators, Ernst and Young.

"Council tax levels or service provision will not be affected whatever the outcome of the administration process," she said.

On Wednesday, it was revealed that at least 100 councils across England have money invested in Icelandic banks.

A delegation of Treasury officials is going to Iceland to discuss its banking crisis and the impact on UK individuals and councils with money in its banks.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that all UK savers affected by the Icelandic bank crisis would be protected.

But the government has not yet offered the same for more than £900m known to have been invested in Icelandic banks by UK councils, police and transport authorities.




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Treasury in Iceland crisis talks (10 Oct 08 |  UK Politics )
Fear for councils' Icelandic cash (09 Oct 08 |  England )
Councils 'not reckless with cash' (10 Oct 08 |  UK Politics )
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