Deputy Lib Dem leader Simon Hughes says he has "seen and heard" banks making racist decisions on lending. He said banks will "say yes to a well established white individual" but say no to a black business person "with a better financial reputation". The London MP also said he had seen requests for finance turned down with no reason given to the applicants. He was speaking at his party's annual conference, backing a motion calling for banks to be more transparent. "I have seen clearly banks, and heard clearly banks, who make racist decisions," said the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark.....Read more here: Lib Dem conference: Simon Hughes attacks banks