The government plans to sell its 80% stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Chancellor George Osborne has announced in his annual Mansion House speech. Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney said the phased sell-off "would promote financial stability" and benefit the wider economy. The government provided RBS with a £45.5bn bailout in 2008. But the Unite union, whose members include bank workers, said the deal would "short-change the public". The government paid 500p a share for the bank, com