Trump says he wants to debate Meghan Markle: ‘I didn’t like the way she dealt with the Queen’ Former US president has previously claimed Duchess of Sussex was ‘very disrespectful’ to the late Queen The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023
NatWest plays it safe with new chairman Rick Haythornthwaite Sir Howard Davies’ replacement has enough City experience to move bank on from Coutts fiasco The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
NatWest picks boardroom veteran Haythornthwaite to succeed under-fire chair Sir Howard Davies Haythornthwaite will take over from Davies in April of next year Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023
NatWest names ex-Centrica boss as chair after Farage saga Rick Haythornthwaite, who leads boardrooms of Ocado and the AA, will succeed Howard Davies The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
A challenge to the impersonal nightmare of today’s banking City voices: All is not lost, there may yet be hope Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023
London mayor hits out at Nigel Farage at black culture festival Sadiq Khan hit back at the GB News presenter’s claim that the festival was ‘divisive’. The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023
Account owned by serial killer Rose West kept open by Co-op Bank It is understood the bank thought closing the account would cause problems for West’s daughter The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023
Why CEOs and footballers attract different levels of outrage about high pay The average pay of FTSE100 CEOs rose by 16% from £3.38 million in 2021 to £3.91 million in 2022, according to the latest figures from thinktank the High Pay Centre. In the same week this was reported, UK political figure Nigel Farage called outgoing NatWest boss Alison Rose’s £2.4 million… The Conversation · Aug 25, 2023
‘Ethical’ bank let Rose West keep account Bosses at the organisation deemed keeping West as a customer carried little risk to the bank’s reputation The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023
NatWest chief ousted over Nigel Farage accounts row in line for £2.4m payout Bank to pay salary, pension and shares to Alison Rose, who resigned at end of July, during 12-month notice period The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023
Ex-NatWest boss who quit in Nigel Farage bank account row to get £2.4m payout Nigel Farage called the potential payment to Dame Alison Rose a ‘sick joke’ The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose set for £2.4m payout after resigning over Farage row Ms Rose resigned after she admitted to being the source of an inaccurate story about Nigel Farage’s finances. The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
Alison Rose to still make £2.4 million salary after resigning amid Farage controversy However, this salary could still be clawed back by NatWest Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2023
‘Don’t do a Rose’ — NatWest chief’s exit amid Farage controversy prompts a new set of rules for bosses Media Watch: NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose was seen as one of the safest pairs of hands in the City. Now businesses are on red alert Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023 Readers reply: which person has had the greatest impact on the course of the 21st century so far? The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
The National (Scotland) · Aug 18, 2023 Anti-LEZ campaign PR guru once attacked 'slobbering queers' and worked with Farage THE PR guru aiding the pushback against Glasgow’s low-emissions zone once branded gay men “slobbering old queers” and acted as Nigel…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2023 UK banks will have to ensure access to cash within three miles, ministers say Treasury hints at concessions on guarantee but banks will face fines for falling below minimum service level
Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2023 London must stand firm against the US-led “war on ESG” ESG investing is a key plank of the financial services sector despite the pushback against “woke capitalism”
The Times of India · Aug 16, 2023 British Muslims say banks ruin lives with debanking policies LONDON: When former postman Iqeel Ahmed told staff at his local Halifax branch he couldn’t feed his family because he was locked out of his account, they asked whether he had tried the nearest food bank.
Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2023 Like Nigel Farage, British Muslims say they are being ‘de-banked’ Often without providing clear reasons, banks appear to be disproportionately closing the accounts of British Muslims.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023 City watchdog to contact MPs and other PEPs to ask if they have been debanked Inquiry aims to find out extent of denial of banking services to politically exposed persons such as politicians and army leaders
The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023 Can you change a Brexit state of mind? If departing the EU has failed to deliver, why is the UK still so divided? Seven years on, we ask behavioural psychologists if cognitive dissonance can be overcome
The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2023 Lee Anderson: a brutally honest politician – or just another nasty Tory? The Conservative party deputy chairman has been making headlines again, but they don’t always go down well with his constituents
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023 Lee Anderson: Bibby Stockholm barge? I’ve stayed in worse in Skegness Deputy Tory chair doubles down on ‘f*** off back to France’ comments by saying unhappy asylum seekers should ‘go back where they came from’
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023 Who is Lee Anderson? As former Tory MP accused of ‘stoking division and hate’ joins Reform UK The MP for Ashfield, known by many critics as ‘30p Lee’, is no stranger to controversy