The government now holds less than 3% of NatWest, having sold most of the stake it acquired in a £45.5 billion bailout in 2008. Since then, the group has changed its name from Royal Bank of Scotland, ...

The bank has apologised to the Reform UK leader and the terms of the agreement are confidential, according to a joint ...

The dispute saw the resignation of Dame Alison Rose, the ex-chief executive of NatWest, in summer 2023. The scandal came about when NatWest's Coutts subsidiary made the decision to shut down the ...

The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has settled his debanking dispute with NatWest Group, nearly two years after the closure of his accounts sparked a chain of events culminating in the resignation ...

Mr Farage was originally expected to seek millions of pounds from the company, alleging that the debanking row had damaged his reputation. The furore which claimed the scalp of Dame Alison Rose, ...

which is owned by NatWest Group, had been closed partly due to his political views. Dame Alison Rose was then forced to stand down as chief executive after she admitted to being the source of an ...

The agreed settlement comes almost two years after the Reform UK leader had his bank account with Coutts closed.

In July 2023, Mr Farage obtained internal evidence from the bank suggesting his account with Coutts, which is owned by NatWest Group, had been closed partly due to his political views. Dame Alison ...

Dame Alison Rose resigned as chief executive of NatWest (Dominic Lipinski/PA) PA Archive Dame Alison Rose was then forced to stand down as chief executive after she admitted to being the source of ...

Nigel Farage has agreed to settle his debanking dispute with NatWest nearly two years after a row over the closure of his accounts, which culminated in the resignation of the lending giant’s ...