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

Nigel Farage said ‘enormous harm’ had been done to him in the past few months. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Nigel Farage has said that the newly installed boss of Coutts has offered to keep his accounts there open, reversing a decision that triggered a scandal and the resignation of the private bank’s previous chief executive.

The former Ukip leader said he welcomed the offer but was still taking legal action against NatWest, which owns Coutts, demanding compensation, a full apology and a face-to-face meeting with the banking group’s bosses.