HISTORICAL FACTS: 19 | History Defined

How the downfall of NatWest boss Alison Rose over Farage and Coutts unfolded – timeline

Events from first tweet by Nigel Farage to final announcement by bank chairman Howard Davies

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

OPINION - Will Coutts bank ‘disappear’ after Farage debacle?: The Leader podcast

The fallout continues following the resignation of NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose.

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2023

OPINION - Why Nigel Farage has done Keir Starmer a favour

Why did the 2017 and 2019 general elections produce two starkly different results? Both took place in the shadow of the EU referendum, both times Labour put up Jeremy Corbyn as its candidate for prime minister, and even when the Tories switched from Theresa May to Boris Johnson, they in…

Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2023

Dead-of-night departure of NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose rocks the City

Shares in turmoil-hit bank fall and furore keeps growing after Dame Alison Rose’s resignation as NatWest’s chief executive

Evening Standard · 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

Many MPs falling foul of bank rules on ‘politically exposed persons’, says Philp

Policing minister says case of private bank Coutts closing Nigel Farage’s account is ‘not unique’

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