The boss of one of britains biggest banks has apologised to the former Uk Independence Party leader nigel farage after a row over why his Coutts Bank Account was closed. Alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. Mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didnt align with the banks values. Tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of Alternative Banking Arrangements for him at natwest which owns coutts. The governement has announced that banks will now face tougher rules over closing customers accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. Heres our analysis editor ros atkins to explain. This is a story about banking and political beliefs, and it starts here. I had a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. I asked why and no reason was given. Mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. That was late june. By earlyjuly, there was a twist. A bbc headline
The boss of one of britains biggest banks has apologised to the former Uk Independence Party leader nigel farage after a row over why his Coutts Bank Account was closed. Alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. Mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didnt align with the banks values. Tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of Alternative Banking Arrangements for him at natwest which owns coutts. The governement has announced that banks will now face tougher rules over closing customers accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. Heres our analysis editor ros atkins to explain. This is a story about banking and political beliefs, and it starts here. I had a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. I asked why and no reason was given. Mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. That was late june. By earlyjuly, there was a twist. A bbc headline
The boss of one of britains biggest banks has apologised to the former Uk Independence Party leader nigel farage after a row over why his Coutts Bank Account was closed. Alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. Mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didnt align with the banks values. Tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of Alternative Banking Arrangements for him at natwest which owns coutts. The governement has announced that banks will now face tougher rules over closing customers accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. Heres our analysis editor ros atkins to explain. This is a story about banking and political beliefs, and it starts here. I had a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. I asked why and no reason was given. Mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. That was late june. By earlyjuly, there was a twist. A bbc headline
The boss of one of britains biggest banks has apologised to the former Uk Independence Party leader nigel farage after a row over why his Coutts Bank Account was closed. Alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. Mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didnt align with the banks values. Tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of Alternative Banking Arrangements for him at natwest which owns coutts. The governement has announced that banks will now face tougher rules over closing customers accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. Heres our analysis editor ros atkins to explain. This is a story about banking and political beliefs, and it starts here. I had a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. I asked why and no reason was given. Mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. That was late june. By earlyjuly, there was a twist. A bbc headline
At the age ofjust 28 of causing trouble for causes that she believes passionately in. She is shaped also by her experience, an experience shared by so manyJunior Doctors, of working on the front line of the nhs during the pandemic, of seeing so many people die so traumatically. Emma runswick, welcome to political thinking. Thank you for having me. You are called many things and have been since you took up this post. Militant is one that keeps coming up. Is that a badge of pride or is it an insult from the tabloid press . In some ways, its a badge of pride, because what they mean by militant is organised, consistent. It means that i am one of the many standing up for doctors and patients in this country against a government and an nhs situation which is very, very difficult. So its not something that i might necessarily choose for myself, but im not offended by it in any way. There are other phrases. Ringleader of a cabal of far left medics. Hmm, interesting. I mean, i dont think thats