Richard Tice believes his party has been caught up in the same debanking scandal as Nigel Farage, but the lender says it is not its policy to reject customers on the grounds of political or personal beliefs
Metro Bank has insisted it is politically neutral after being accused of closing down the Reform UK party's account because of its support for Brexit.
The party's leader Richard Tice believes Reform has been caught up in the same debanking scandal as his friend and former UKIP leaderand to provide a full explanation of the reasons in response to the controversy triggered by wealthy private bank Coutts cutting ties with Mr Farage.Mr Tice is a prominent Brexiteer who was in UKIP prior to setting up the Brexit Party, which later became Reform UK. He has revealed Metro Bank closed his party's account in July 2021.
Metro Bank said in a statement:"Metro Bank is and will remain politically neutral and it is not our policy to close an account due to the political or personal beliefs of an individual or organisation. We cannot comment on individual cases."
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