Brown ‘will look at every offer for HBOS’ (The Herald)
Gordon Brown yesterday said the UK Government would look at “every offer” for HBOS but highlighted the £17bn of taxpayers’ money being put forward for what is his preferred option of the merger with Lloyds TSB.

Monday newspaper round-up: HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, BT (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Scottish financier Jim Spowart faces a potential grilling from the Takeover Panel to clarify whether he is working on a counterbid for distressed bank HBOS.