N
igel Farage mentioned Coutts has supplied to reinstate his private and enterprise accounts, with the previous Ukip chief additionally searching for compensation from the non-public financial institution.
Mr Farage mentioned the “fight goes on” as he outlined his need for a face-to-face assembly with the financial institution’s bosses in a bid to grasp what number of different folks have been affected by account closures.
The former MEP mentioned his checking account was unfairly shut down by Coutts, owned by NatWest Group, as a result of it didn’t agree together with his political beliefs.
I wish to learn how many different folks in Coutts or NatWest have had accounts closed due to their political views, and I wish to be certain that this by no means occurs to anyone else ever once more.
NatWest has since introduced an unbiased overview, with legal professionals probing the closure of Mr Farage’s account and different cases of de-banking by Coutts.
Mr Farage, talking on his GB News programme, mentioned: “The new CEO of Coutts, Mo Syed, somebody who has held very senior positions within that bank, is now the boss and he has written to me to say I can keep both my personal and my business accounts.
“And that’s good and I thank him for it.”
But Mr Farage mentioned “enormous harm” has been accomplished to him in the previous couple of months.
He added: “It has taken up a huge amount of my time and it has cost me, so far, quite a lot of money in legal fees so I have today sent a legal litigation letter to Coutts where I want some full apologies, I want some compensation for my costs, but – more important than all of that – I want a face-to-face meeting with the bank’s bosses.
“I want to find out how many other people in Coutts or NatWest have had accounts closed because of their political opinions, and I want to make sure this never happens to anybody else ever again.
“So the fight goes on.”
Mr Farage’s campaign in opposition to NatWest has led to the resignation of chief government Dame Alison Rose and Coutts boss Peter Flavel, together with his marketing campaign on account closures receiving help from ministers and Tory MPs.
