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Bank of England starts to take away the punch bowl

The Bank of England has started the slow process of withdrawing support to the mortgage market. In our view, the acceleration of the review into the introduction of an industry-wide leverage ratio is the most significant change, and could prove comparatively onerous for building societies. 

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