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City Voices: Heads must roll at NatWest owned bank

Dame Alison Rose apologises to former Ukip and Brexit Party leaderfor ‘deeply inappropriate comments’

IT IS hard to think how Coutts’s “reputational risk” committee could have inflicted more damage on the bank’s reputation than by recommending that Nigel Farage’s account be closed. When Farage first raised the charge that his account had been closed on political grounds, the bank let it be known that…

Farage’s fracas with Coutts has kicked off a wider discussion over powers retail banks have to cancel customers’ accounts.

Ex-Ukip leader welcomes prospect of law to stop bank account closures due to customers’ political views

City Comment: You can’t just have bank accounts for people you agree with

It comes after Nigel Farage’s banks accounts were closed by Coutts because his views ‘did not align with’ the bank’s values

It comes after Nigel Farage’s banks accounts were closed by Coutts because his views ‘did not align with’ the bank’s values.

Everyone has a right to a basic account but banks can deny customers additional services