Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling is considering credit guarantees for households and companies to spur bank lending, a person familiar with the plan said.
Darling is looking at a range of options to revive credit including whether to expand a 250 billion pound ($370 billion) Treasury program to support bank debt so that it covers mortgages and other loans, according to the person.
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