Financial Watchdog Should Prioritise Probe Into Banks Denying Accounts Over Political Views: Treasury Minister

Financial Watchdog Should Prioritise Probe Into Banks Denying Accounts Over Political Views: Treasury Minister
The City of London financial district is seen in London, Britain, on Oct. 22, 2021. Hannah McKay/Reuters
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City and Treasury Minister Andrew Griffith has written to the UK’s financial watchdog urging it to prioritise a review into whether people are being denied bank accounts due to their political views.

Last week, the British political leader Nigel Farage claimed that Coutts, the prestigious private bank he had been with for over 40 years, has closed his bank account with “no explanation.

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