The EU thinks any banking levy should build a fund to cope with future crises, but George Osborne is surely right to want the cash to go straight to the Treasury
Anglo Irish Bank have reported huge losses of €12.7bn as Brian Cowen is blamed for 'economic treason' in the Irish parliament after a €10bn bank bailout
Alistair Darling's 'sensible and workmanlike' budget will rightly reject George Osborne's calls for immediate tax rises or cuts in public spending to reduce the deficit