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Criticism of Sir Fred cut from watchdog's report

SIR Fred Goodwin's lawyers succeeded in removing a claim he did not have the experience to run a global bank from an official report on the Royal Bank of Scotland's collapse, it emerged yesterday.

The former chief's legal team requested the changes to a report by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), into the £45billion taxpayers' bailout of the bank in 2008.

The revelation comes as political pressure mounted on the UK Government to strip Sir Fred of his knighthood. Separately, as revealed in The Herald on Saturday, he is facing the possible loss of his fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.