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UK Chancellor unhappy about past gold sales
We are also taking the opportunity to rebuild Britain’s reserves, which had fallen to historically low levels. I can confirm our gold holdings have risen in value to £11 billion. This does not include the 400 or so tonnes of gold sold a decade ago for £2 billion, and which would now be worth six times that at over £13 billion pounds. Source: http://www.centralbanking.com/central-banking/news/2162655/uk-chancellor-unhappy-past-gold-sales
Here is one more from dailymail.co.uk:
Mr O*****orne's jibe in the House of Commons was greeted raucously from Conservative ministers as embarrassed Labour MPs could only look on.
George O*****orne said at the time: 'Gordon Brown's decision to sell off our gold reserves at the bottom of the market cost the British taxpayer billions of pounds. It was one of the worst economic judgements ever made by a chancellor.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118319/Budget-2012-How-lost-9BILLION-Gordon-Brown-selling-gold-cheap.html