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Nigel Farage, Coutts and all-round hypocrisy

Letters: Readers have their say on the political and corporate reactions to Farage’s bank account being closed

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

Coutts’ virtue-signalling plan had one flaw. The bank has no virtue to signal

Compiling the Farage dossier takes some cheek when you have so many ghastly clients

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

Nigel Farage considering suing Coutts bank owner NatWest as account closure row rumbles on

Former Ukip leader says he is ‘considering all options’

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2023

Nigel Farage says NatWest chief’s apology is ‘a start, but it’s no more than that’

Dame Alison Rose apologises to former Ukip and Brexit Party leaderfor ‘deeply inappropriate comments’

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Farage affair is ‘a monumental PR disaster’ for exclusive bank Coutts

Private lender’s reputation is at risk after decision to cut ties with former Ukip leader and comments about him

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

Bank account closures: what new rules mean for UK customers

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2023

Nigel Farage receives apology from Coutts after bank account closure row

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

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2023

Pressure builds on Coutts CEO over claims he kept his NatWest boss in the dark over Farage fiasco

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

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Coutts’s curb on free speech is intolerable

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…

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2023

Nigel Farage claims family had accounts rejected

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

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2023