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Barclays Bank has bought Kensington Mortgages for £2.3bn following an auction of the specialist mortgage lender. Kensington, which has 600 staff and specialises in offering mortgages to the self-employed and borrowers with more complex incomes, is being sold by private equity owners Blackstone and Sixth Street. It