Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said he has obtained documents that show his accounts with the private bank Coutts, a unit of taxpayer-backed bank NatWest Group , were being closed primarily for political reasons.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks as people celebrate in Parliament Square on Brexit day in London, Britain January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo
The BBC previously reported Farage had fallen below the financial threshold required to be a customer of the private bank - something Farage said he had had no knowledge of. A Coutts spokesperson told Reuters that its ability to respond to Farage's fresh claims were restricted by obligations to protect client confidentiality.
Farage told Reuters the issue "raises very broad questions about our banks and how deeply political they have become."
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