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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matt Mathers

‘Howard Halifax’ criticises bank for ‘disgraceful’ pronoun name badge row

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Halifax’s decision to tell customers to close their accounts if they disagree with the bank’s stance on staff pronoun badges is a “disgraceful” move, its most famous former employee has said.

Howard Brown, who fronted Halifax’s TV adverts in the early 2000s, said bosses at the bank should leave “politics to the politicians”.

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