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Jeremy Hunt requests inquiry into ‘debanking’ of politicians

Chancellor wants Financial Conduct Authority to investigate whether practice is ‘widespread’

The Guardian - UK

Debanking poses threat to free speech, Jeremy Hunt says as he asks regulator for probe

The Chancellor has asked the Financial Conduct Authority to look into account closures and report back to him next month

Evening Standard

This is the apology that Coutts should offer

Letter: In the wake of the Nigel Farage ‘debanking’ affair, Michel Faber suggests a way forward for the bank

The Guardian - UK

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Our fight for free speech: At first it was political correctness but now it’s the new McCarthyism

Standard launches major inquiry into silencing of debate and growing threat from cancel culture

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak should think about his RAF jet pilot’s pay

Brief letters: Public sector pay | Sloughvian demonyms | Fond memories of Sindy | Property inflation | Farage farrago

The Guardian - UK

Sex workers at risk of homelessness as ‘banks freeze their accounts’

‘I have not slept well. I have had to borrow money from a client – how else am I going to pay my bills?’ sex worker says

The Independent UK

‘The fight goes on’: Nigel Farage demands compensation after Coutts lets him keep bank accounts

The former Brexit Party leader is demanding compensation from the private bank

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Nigel Farage says Coutts offers to reinstate his accounts amid de-banking row

Nigel Farage said Coutts has offered to reinstate his personal and business accounts, with the former Ukip leader also seeking compensation from the…

The National (Scotland)

Banking double standards exposed in Nigel Farage furore

Letters: Nick Moss wonders when Tory ministers will get similarly worked up about former offenders like him having their banking facilities withdrawn with no explanation. Plus letters from Alison Crowther and David Simpson

The Guardian - UK

We were set back 10 years after NatWest shut account, says business owner

It comes as ex-Ukip leader Nigel Farage has launched a new website amid plans to ‘build a powerful lobby group’ to oppose de-banking.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage says new Coutts boss has offered to keep his accounts open

Former Ukip leader is still taking legal action against bank demanding compensation and apology

The Guardian - UK

UK banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every day

Nigel Farage calls for royal commission as data shows big jump in customers being ‘debanked’

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage launching new website to help people denied accounts by banks

The ex-Ukip leader has been hailed as a consumer champion after vowing to create a guide on how to flood banks with data requests

The Guardian - UK

Farage continues account closure crusade with new website

It comes as former prime minister Liz Truss said she was left ‘appalled’ at the treatment of the former Ukip leader.

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The Guardian - UK

From Brexit to Coutts – has Nigel Farage become Britain’s most influential politician?

For all his beer and blazers, his unerring talent is for tapping into popular grievances

Fortune

Profits surge at crisis-hit bank engulfed in scandal over Trump ally

Despite strong financial results, NatWest's crisis persists.

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Forget the climate crisis – re-election is Sunak’s only burning issue

Plus, my plan to live for ever by standing on one leg, and Nigel Farage lives his best life despite debanking ‘shame’

The Guardian - UK

Where were Nigel Farage and his defenders when Muslim bank accounts were shut down?

Establishment voices outraged by his ejection from Coutts were silent when charities were falsely linked to terrorism, says Miqdaad Versi of the Muslim Council of Britain

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The Guardian - UK

‘He’s tapped into something’: banking row gives Nigel Farage a new crusade

Ex-Ukip leader is back in limelight claiming to be a ‘champion for the voiceless’ – though some are wary of his latest reinvention

The Guardian - UK

I’m secretly a Coutts customer but for people like me there’s little point

You need be rich to take advantage of the actually useful stuff – I hide my card and just use my Monzo

The Conversation

Bank account closures don't just affect 'politically exposed persons' – sex workers have struggled with financial exclusion for years

The fallout over the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account has shed light on how financial institutions handle “politically exposed persons”, whom they may view as high-risk clients.

Evening Standard

Gina Miller told her party political bank account will be closed

Concerns over ‘debanking’ have risen after Nigel Farage controversy

The Guardian - UK

It will be surprising if NatWest’s Howard Davies hasn’t gone by Christmas

Plan had been for chair to leave by next July – but that was before row over Nigel Farage’s Coutts accounts

Evening Standard

Political storm left NatWest chief Dame Alison Rose with no choice but to go, says chairman

NatWest capped a turbulent week with a £1 billion surge in profits

The Independent UK

Gina Miller calls for probe into de-banking as her party’s account is closed

The anti-Brexit campaigner said the denial of banking services could force new parties to stop operating.

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