Access to banking for new parties needed in ‘functioning democracy’, says campaigner after Monzo decision
The anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller has said “we don’t have a functioning democracy” if new political parties cannot access banking services, after she was told her own party’s account would be closed.
The government and financial services watchdog must step in, she said, to ensure new parties and MPs can access banking to be able to operate.
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