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Capital job done at UK banks - almost

The Bank of England has set out plans to require banks to hold a total of up to 10 billion pounds ($15 billion) more capital as they start to lend more freely in a recovering economy. But as Grace Pascoe reports, it stopped short of demanding immediate action.