11:11, Sat, Jul 22, 2023 | UPDATED: 13:48, Sat, Jul 22, 2023
BBC fails to apologise over false claim Coutts closed Farage’s account due to low-balance (Image: GETTY)
The BBC's business editor has failed to apologise after the corporation published an article claiming Nigel Farage's Coutts accounts were closed because he could not meet the wealth limit.
The corporation published an article with the headline: "Nigel Farage bank account shut for falling below wealth limit", earlier this month.
The text of the story disclosed the corporation was "told" about the claims by a source close to decision-makers, who said it was a "commercial" decision.
The article was corrected after Mr Farage obtained records from the bank - which is owned by NatWest - disclosing Coutts' reasoning.
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He has since called for an apology, but business editor Simon Jack has failed to provide one since its original publication on Tuesday, July 4.
Mr Jack responded following the publication of a 40-page dossier received by Mr Farage, who submitted a subject access request to the bank, showing that Coutts senior staffers had raised “xenophobic, chauvinistic and racist views” in their decision-making.
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