![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nigel-farage-gets-apology-from-banking-boss-in-coutts-row/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/130441210_gettyimages-1471048588.jpg&description=Media caption, Watch: Nigel Farage says he 'wants answers' after bank apology Banking boss Dame Alison Rose has apologised to Nigel Farage for "deeply inappropriate" comments made about him in a document on his suitability as a Coutts customer. The boss of NatWest Group said in a letter to Mr Farage that the comments did not reflect the bank's view. UKIP's ex-leader has said his Coutts account was closed because the bank did not agree with his political views. Mr Farage said Dame Alison should now be questioned by MPs about the issue. Dame Alison's apology came after the government announced new plans to force banks to explain account closures. She said that as well as apologising to Mr Farage, she was "commissioning a full review of the Coutts' processes" on bank account closures. Coutts, a private bank, is owned by the NatWest Group. In the letter to Mr Farage she said she believed "very strongly that freedom of expression and access to banking are fundamental to our society and it is absolutely not our policy to exit a customer on the basis of legally held political and personal views". The 40-page document, published by the Daily Mail , included minutes from a meeting in November last year reviewing his suitability as a client. It stated continuing to have Mr Farage as a customer was not consistent with Coutts's "position as an inclusive organisation" given his "publicly stated views". It mentioned Mr Farage's retweet of a Ricky Gervais joke about trans women and his friendship with tennis player Novak Djokovic, who is opposed to Covid vaccinations. It gave several examples, including his comparing Black Lives Matter protesters to the Taliban, and his characterisation of the RNLI as a "taxi-service" for illegal immigrants, to flag concerns that he was "xenophobic and racist". On Thursday Dame Alison also reiterated her offer to Mr Farage of alternative banking arrangements with NatWest and said she wanted to ensure they provide "a better, more transparent experi){kind=link}
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Watch: Nigel Farage says he ‘wants answers’ after bank apology
Banking boss Dame Alison Rose has apologised to Nigel Farage for “deeply inappropriate” comments made about him in a document on his suitability as a Coutts customer.
The boss of NatWest Group said in a letter to Mr Farage that the comments did not reflect the bank’s view.
UKIP’s ex-leader has said his Coutts account was closed because the bank did not agree with his political views.