UK Politics

BBC apologises to Nigel Farage over reporting of Coutts scandal

Broadcaster reported the former UK politician was cut off from the bank after ‘falling below’ its wealth limit

Nigel Farage: Former UK politician says that the focus of the controversy should return to Coutts’ owner NatWest. Picture: Jack O’Kennedy

The BBC has issued an apology to former UK politician Nigel Farage for suggesting he lacked the required funds to hold an account at Coutts after the private bank closed his account.

The broadcaster’s editor Simon Jack made the apology after an article published by the outlet suggested Farage was cut off by the bank after “falling below” its wealth limit.

Farage later acquired dossiers indicating his account was shut by Coutts, owned by NatWest ...