Former Brexit party leader has claimed private bank targeted him over political views
The private bank Coutts is understood to have shut Nigel Farage’s bank account after he fell below the prestigious lender’s wealth requirements, raising questions over the Brexiter’s claims that the bank was targeting him over his political views.
The former Brexit party and Ukip leader has said the closure was likely to have been linked to his status as a politically exposed person (PEP) and claims in the Commons that he had received payments from Moscow’s state-funded broadcaster, Russia Today.
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