Senior government figures are discussing the possibility of a full nationalisation of Royal Bank of Scotland with the state buying the 18 per cent stake it does not already own from private investors, according to reports. The Financial Times reported on Thursday that ministers were discussing a potential full takeover of RBS, which is already 82 percent owned by the government, to help boost business lending to companies. The remaining 18 percent of the bank is owned by private investors and it would cost the government around £5billion to buy them out, the FT said. The policy is being pushed by Business Secretary Vince Cable and has been touted in the past by Lib Dem Lord Oakeshott. They favour a split in RBS to create a business bank with a clean balance sheet and a mandate to expand lending to businesses.....Read more HERE