The Latest Breaking News from Coutts

The former prime minister called for an inquiry into reporting on the Farage account closure row

The right to submit the request was granted to Brits back in 1998

Under Treasury proposals, lenders will have to explain why they shut accounts and give 90 days’ notice

Ministers will make it harder to close accounts after former UKIP leader’s spat with Coutts

Insiders say Peter Flavel did not do enough to keep Dame Alison Rose fully updated

IT IS hard to think how Coutts’s “reputational risk” committee could have inflicted more damage on the bank’s reputation than by recommending that Nigel Farage’s account be closed. When Farage first raised the charge that his account had been closed on political grounds, the bank let it be known that…

Farage’s fracas with Coutts has kicked off a wider discussion over powers retail banks have to cancel customers’ accounts.

Ex-Ukip leader welcomes prospect of law to stop bank account closures due to customers’ political views

City Comment: You can’t just have bank accounts for people you agree with