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Bank denies talks held with SNP over currency

THE Bank of England has denied entering a dialogue with the Scottish Government over its plans for an independent Scotland to form a currency union with the UK.

JOHN SWINNEY: Said there had been dialogue over the pound.
JOHN SWINNEY: Said there had been dialogue over the pound.

In an embarrassing development, it rejected comments by SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney who said the Government had been in a "very helpful dialogue" with the Bank over the Nationalists' key policy to keep the pound if Scots vote to leave the UK.

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