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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Martina Bet

‘Significant concerns’ in Downing Street as NatWest boss quits over Farage leak

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Downing Street and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are understood to have “significant concerns” about the position of NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose after she admitted being the source of an inaccurate story about Nigel Farage’s finances.

Dame Alison admitted to a “serious error of judgment” when she discussed Mr Farage’s relationship with private bank Coutts, owned by NatWest Group, with a BBC journalist.

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