Brown suggests no US-style bailout for UK banks

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested Friday that his country would not offer its banks a U.S.-style bailout.

Brown, who was in Washington for a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush, told British Broadcasting Corp. television that the best way of dealing with the British aspect of the global financial crisis was to increase liquidity.

"The American plan is designed for a large number of banks and institutions across America," Brown told the BBC. "We have a smaller banking system ... I think what we've done is the right thing. We have put cash into …