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While Ford has yet to require any money, the government has agreed to give it financial support, should it be needed.
BBC: Chrysler approaches key deadline
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It has, at the same time, said that if Plan B is needed it should be a monetary, not fiscal, stimulus that is deployed primarily, and where fiscal policy is involved at all it should be - as it was for Labour remember in late 2008 - tax cuts that kick in first.
BBC: IMF set out a 'Plan B' for George Osborne
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But it has not cleared up the question of quite how much extra capital will be needed, how it should be raised and precisely when.
BBC: How big is the 'material' hole in banks?