A retired British couple says their savings account was abruptly closed by Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) without explanation — the latest in a series of account closures affecting pro-Palestine activists across the UK, raising fears of politically motivated financial censorship.
John Nicholson, 70, a retired immigration barrister, and Norma Turner, 76, a former nurse, received a letter from YBS on 27 September notifying them that their joint savings account — opened five years ago as a modest 'nest egg' — would be shut within three days. A cheque for their balance arrived soon after.
