FOUND: 3 - What They Never Told You

Don’t be fooled: this row is about more than Nigel Farage and Coutts – what lies beneath is Brexit

Why have Tories and a beleaguered PM fought this battle so fiercely? Because the ex-Ukip leader embodies leave and they fear him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023

NatWest was caught out by Nigel Farage’s deft political game

Tory anger over Coutts affair led to bank’s board feeling it had no choice but to sack CEO Alison Rose

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage and Coutts: this row is more about the politics of Brexit than banking

The former Brexit party leader was done a disservice, but the frenzy of Tory outrage is mostly a symptom of political cowardice

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

Now pressure builds on Coutts boss after NatWest CEO quits over Farage scandal: ‘Unsustainable at every level’

The former Brexit Party leader said he wrote to the boss of Coutts three times after hearing his account would be closed, but was ‘not given the courtesy of a response’

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

The Government must now hasten the sale of its stake in NatWest

City comment: Politics and business just don’t mix

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2023

Rachel Reeves defended NatWest boss as victim of ‘bullying’ day before Starmer said she was right to quit – as it happened

Shadow chancellor says Treasury should tackle cost of living crisis instead of attacking Dame Alison Rose, while Labour leader says she was right to resign

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

Labour questions Downing Street pressure on NatWest boss’s resignation

Dame Alison Rose quit as chief executive after coming under pressure from No 10 and the Treasury in the Nigel Farage row.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

No recession and lower rates on way, predicts mortgage giant Lloyds Bank

BRITAIN’S biggest mortgage lender offered hope to the nation’s homeowners today and predicted the UK will no longer fall into recession next year.

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2023

Alison Rose’s position at NatWest was untenable after Nigel Farage row. She had to go

In discussing his relationship with bank and Coutts subsidiary she breached group’s policy

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

Nigel Farage FUMES as BBC host 'teases' him about election record

NIGEL Farage was left fuming with BBC Radio 4 host Nick Robinson after he “teased” the former Ukip leader about his election record.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 26, 2023