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Banks must live up to bail-out deal

The private sector will save the day: that, stripped down, is the government’s hope when it comes to maintaining employment levels in the wake of severe budget cuts.

The Treasury estimates that while up to 1.3 million jobs will be lost in the public sector and associated industries by 2015, the private sector will create 2.5m new ones.