Nigel Farage, the previous UKIP chief, is to start out banking with Britain’s largest excessive avenue lender, months after a row over the closure of his earlier accounts resulted within the ousting of one of many trade’s prime executives.

Sky News can reveal that Mr Farage has opened various accounts at Lloyds Banking Group, which owns the Halifax and Lloyds networks in addition to wealth administration providers.

The resolution, which is alleged to have been permitted by Lloyds executives, marks the most recent improvement in a scenario which has sparked a sequence of ministerial interventions, regulatory probes and penalties for a number of the nation’s main financial institution executives.

Speaking to Sky News on Friday morning, Mr Farage confirmed the transfer, saying: “After being refused banking facilities by ten lenders, I am pleased to say that Lloyds has opened accounts for me.

“It is sweet to see that no less than one excessive avenue financial institution will not be politically prejudiced.”

The news of Mr Farage’s resolution to maneuver his banking preparations to Lloyds comes forward of the conclusion of an impartial evaluate commissioned by NatWest into the debanking scandal which engulfed it through the summer time.

Travers Smith, a City regulation agency, has submitted a report back to NatWest’s board concerning the row which value Dame Alison Rose her job.

The former NatWest boss was successfully compelled to stop in July when Downing Street made it clear that it had misplaced confidence in her means to do the job.

Shortly earlier than her exit, she had issued a grovelling apology to Mr Farage in a bid to maintain her job.

She had acknowledged being the supply of an inaccurate and damaging BBC story concerning the influential GB News broadcaster and former politician, which claimed that his accounts had been shut for solely business causes.

It transpired following a topic entry request submitted by Mr Farage that Coutts and NatWest executives had criticised his political opinions and various public feedback attributed to him.

An inner report produced by the financial institution additionally confirmed that he continued to satisfy its business eligibility standards.

Mr Farage has since initiated authorized motion towards the taxpayer-backed lender, though the standing of that was unclear on Friday.

He has additionally submitted a criticism to the Information Commissioner’s Office concerning the disclosure of his private data, and is awaiting extra detailed data held about him by NatWest.

Dame Alison was not the one government to depart within the aftermath of the row.

Peter Flavel, the boss of wealth administration arm Coutts, additionally left inside days of Paul Thwaite being put in as her interim successor.

Mr Farage mentioned that Coutts had supplied to maintain his accounts open, however he insisted that his focus was on securing solutions from the corporate.

Sir Howard Davies, NatWest’s outgoing chairman, was additionally closely criticised by the previous UKIP chief for his dealing with of the scandal.

The Financial Conduct Authority was informed by the Treasury to conduct a right away evaluate of the debanking concern, however was itself lambasted by Mr Farage final month when it concluded that there was no proof that politicians have been being denied accounts due to their views.

Mr Farage identified that its evaluate failed to incorporate the interval overlaying the closure of his accounts.

A Lloyds spokesman informed Sky News: “We do not comment on customer relationships.”