The Financial Conduct Authority has been criticised after its review uncovered no evidence that politicians are being denied bank accounts because of their views.
NatWest Group boss Alison Rose has admitted she was the source of the BBC's incorrect story about Nigel Farage's de-banking fiasco – but, ludicrously, the bank's board has said it still has "full confidence" in her.
Coutts closed Nigel Farage’s bank accounts because his views “do not align with our values”, documents obtained by the former UKIP leader show. In other words, he was 'de-banked' for being politically suspect.
Nigel Farage has claimed his bank accounts have been shut down to force him out of the U.K. due to his position on Brexit and accusations that he has taken money from Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia.
Sweden, an EU member, handled Covid much better than Britain, outside the EU. But that doesn't mean Brexit was fruitless, argues Jon Dobinson, on the seventh anniversary of the historic vote.
Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson cast a sceptical eye over week one of the Covid Inquiry. They initially thought: "What could go wrong?" After observing last week’s proceedings, they now think: "What could go right?"
Whatever your views of Boris Johnson, ejecting from Parliament the man responsible for the Government's current majority is a victory for the Blob that stains our democracy.
Many dismiss Theresa May's three-year term as a failure. But with her reverence for rules and procedure, her predilection for compromise and her unwillingness to confront senior officials, she transformed British politics.
Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016 and no rise to power has been as swift or unanimous. May did not have a policy but a personality – and it inaugurated a new era which we have not yet left.
In his new book, Matthew Goodwin shows he understands, in a way few academics do, that 'populism' is political opposition to a rapid decline in living standards.
