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Under Treasury proposals, lenders will have to explain why they shut accounts and give 90 days’ noticeNatWest apologises to Farage over Coutts account closureAnalysis: Farage affair is ‘a PR disaster’ for CouttsFollowing the furore over the closure of …
Ex-Ukip leader welcomes prospect of law to stop bank account closures due to customers’ political viewsUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has praised a “swift” intervention by ministers after reports that new laws could be drawn up to stop b…
FCA chief says banks cannot ‘discriminate’ against political views, but chair argues it’s up to Coutts ‘who they do business with’The City regulator has said it has contacted the owner of Coutts bank amid a growing row over its decision to close Nigel …
Subject access requests have become standard in work disputes and are increasingly used by public figuresNigel Farage’s claim that his account at the prestigious bank Coutts was closed because of his political values has been bolstered by a report from…
This live blog has now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereGovernment guidance for schools in England on how to deal with pupils who want to transition has been delayed because No 10 and Kemi Badenoch, the equalities minister, ha…
Chancellor says barriers to careers in public life must be removed after being refused account ‘as a politically exposed person’Jeremy Hunt was refused a bank account with Monzo last year, which the chancellor said was an example of the “barriers” face…
Former Brexit party leader has claimed private bank targeted him over political viewsThe private bank Coutts is understood to have shut Nigel Farage’s bank account after he fell below the prestigious lender’s wealth requirements, raising questions over…
This live blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereNigel Farage has posted a video on Twitter responding to the BBC revealing that his Coutts account was closed because he did not have enough money in it. (See 12.43pm.) He says he was n…
Tom Tugendhat asks Treasury to review whether banks are blacklisting those with controversial viewsIt should be “completely unacceptable” for banks to close accounts on “political grounds”, a Home Office minister has said, as Conservatives weighed in o…
People in the Lincolnshire market town were enthusiastic leavers, but seven years on there’s growing disappointment and disillusionThe breeze of change is wheezing through Boston – although not nearly hard enough for most people here. Voters in the Lin…