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<p>Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds were among the biggest fallers in London amid fresh uncertainty over government plans for the banking sector.</p>
<p>Nick Clegg, deputy leader of the coalition, voiced support for a break-up of banks, despite earlier signals from the chairman of the Independent Banking Commission that he was against such a radical plan.</p>
<p>With banks likely to face some kind of legal separation between retail and investment banking, the sector came under pressure and offset a resilient session for the FTSE 100 Index, which stood 8.8 points higher at 5905.9.</p>
<p>RBS fell 3% or 1.4p to 43.5p, while Lloyds was off 1.2p at 66.2p and Barclays dropped 2.8p to 298p.</p>
<p>The other main interest of the session came from the debut of International Consolidated Airlines Group following the merger of British Airways and Iberia.</p>
<p>Shares were 288.5p, a rise of more than 2% from the pair&#8217;s joint valuation on Thursday, when BA called time on nearly 24 years of trading under its own name.</p>
<p>Elsewhere, Northern Foods shares jumped 16% or 10.25p to 73.25p after it agreed a £342 million takeover by the owner of Harry Ramsden&#8217;s restaurants.</p>
<p>The deal on Friday night trumped a previously-agreed merger with Ireland&#8217;s Greencore, which is now said to be considering whether to sweeten its offer for Northern.</p>
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