Coutts offers to reinstate Farage’s accounts amid de-banking debacle

Richard Wheeler

NIGEL FARAGE yesterday said Coutts has offered to reinstate his personal and business accounts, with the former Ukip leader also seeking compensation from the private bank. Farage said the “fight goes on” as he outlined his desire for a face-toface meeting with the bank’s bosses in a bid to understand how many other people have been affected by account closures.

The former MEP said his bank account was unfairly shut down by Coutts, owned by Natwest Group, because it did not agree with his political views.

Natwest has since announced an independent review of the matter.

Farage, speaking on his GB News programme, said: “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