A Treasury minister is reportedly to warn banks he will “take all action necessary” to crack down on accounts being closed in response to customers’ political views.
Andrew Griffith, economic secretary to the Treasury, is set, according to several reports, to send a letter to 19 bank chiefs on Monday inviting them for a meeting regarding changes the Government is making to better protect customers.
The Government said the extension should give customers more time to challenge the decision through the Financial Ombudsman Service or find a replacement bank. “The Government strongly supports this fundamental right afforded to all people in British society and will take the action necessary to protect it.”
Mr Farage, the former Brexit Party leader and MEP turned broadcaster, received an apology from NatWest chief executive Dame Alison Rose for the “deeply inappropriate comments” made about him in official papers.
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