Nigel Farage has accused a prestigious private bank of being “dishonest” amid a dispute over whether his bank account was closed because of his political views.

The former leader of the UK Independence Party said his account with high-net-worth bank Coutts had been closed and he was being refused accounts with other banks due to political reasons.

It followed a report in the BBC suggesting that the Brexit leader fell below the financial threshold needed to hold an account with Coutts.

Alexandra Tolstoy tells Julia that she has “absolutely no idea” why her bank account was closed by NatWest.

“I have told them that I have three young children. I can’t feed them if I don’t have a bank account!”

A NatWest spokesman said it treated compliance as “a matter of priority” but it could not comment on the specifics of the case

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