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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti Senior political correspondent

City minister summons UK bank bosses to discuss Farage account closure

Nigel Farage pictured in 2020
A Coutts document raised concerns that Nigel Farage was ‘xenophobic and racist’, making him a risk to the bank’s reputation. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Britain’s biggest banks will be summoned to a meeting with the City minister after he raised “significant concern” over the recent closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account with Coutts.

Andrew Griffith will send a letter on Monday to the bosses of 19 banks including Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest to warn the government is prepared to “take the action necessary” to protect freedom of speech.

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