Until recently Philip Cato, a member of the Windrush generation who emigrated to the UK in 1961, had nothing in common with Nigel Farage. In fact he had not heard of the politician. But now he does. Both have been debanked by NatWest.
The closure of Farage’s account with NatWest’s exclusive private bank Coutts caused a furore, leading to the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, last week asking the financial regulator to investigate how frequently people were being debanked and why.
