The Tories and Lib Dems have said they broadly support the government's banking rescue package, but they also say there must be some conditions.
The Conservatives say the package must be used to boost lending and help the economy, not to pay bankers' bonuses.
Eight banks and building societies are to be given up to Ј50bn of public money in return for preferential shares, in an attempt to increase lending
The government was under pressure to act after banking share prices plunged
Chancellor Alistair Darling says the package is necessary to stop the situation becoming "worse and worse
Kick-start lending
Share prices fell as banks, unwilling to lend to each other, have struggled to access funding.
Initially Ј25bn of taxpayers' money will be used to kick-start lending
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