Chancellor had sought to prevent lenders caught up in commissions scandal being handed £44bn bill
Rachel Reeves was dealt a fresh blow on Monday when her attempt to intervene in a high-profile supreme court case and curb a potential £44bn bill for lenders caught up in the car loan commissions scandal was rejected.
Judges at the supreme court rejected the chancellor’s application, lodged last month, in which she urged them to avoid handing “windfall” compensation to borrowers harmed by allegedly secret commission payouts to car dealers that arranged the loans.
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