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Nigel Farage calls for overhaul of NatWest board as bank chief steps down

Dame Alison Rose admitted to leaking information on Farage’s relationship with a private bank to the BBC

Nigel Farage, former UK politician is calling for a “cultural change within NatWest”: “They ought to go back to being a bank, rather than being a moral arbiter for political positions”. Picture: Getty

The resignation of the chief of one of the UK’s largest banks “is a start”, but the entire NatWest board “needs to go”, former UK politician Nigel Farage has said.

In a statement released early on Wednesday morning, NatWest confirmed Dame Alison Rose will step down from her position at the helm of the bank.

It came after she admitted to “serious error of judgment” when she discussed Farage’s relationship with private bank Coutts, owned ...