. net worth banking arm, coutts.ma crystal is going to take the top job, reporting directly to natwest's interim chief executive, paul thwaite. it's understood she'll also join the board of coutts. it comes more than six months after the resignation of peter flavell in the wake of nigel . farage bj's the wake of nigel. farage bj's cootes de—banking scandal. for the very latest gb news stories, do sign up for gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gbnews.com slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good evening. well, it was the magical , >> good evening. well, it was the magical, mystical 28 billion. yes. this was the amount of money that labour were going to spend in government to prove their even greener than the conservative party. and the money was going to be spent on insulating millions of homes and adding to green prosperity . adding to green prosperity. well, they were pretty clear about it. and even within the last four days, we've had keir starmer saying we're sticking to the plan . the p

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it's understood she'll also join the board of coutts . it comes more board of coutts. in the wake of nigel farages de—banking scandal. michael matheson has quit as scotland's health secretary in the wake of a scandal over his parliamentary ipad data roaming charges . mr ipad data roaming charges. mr matheson racked up fees of almost £11,000 while holidaying in morocco over christmas in 2022. he later admitted that his teenage sons use the parliamentary device as a hotspot to watch football. his decision to step down comes ahead of the release of a probe into his spending, and the prince of wales has thanked the for public their kind messages of support following the king's cancer diagnosis. of support following the king's cancer diagnosis . hollywood star cancer diagnosis. hollywood star tom cruise and arsenal manager mikel arteta joined him at an event raising funds for london's air ambulance charity, striking a lighter tone, the prince joked about his family's hospital stays over the past few weeks . stays over the past few weeks. and for the latest story , sign and

now after nigel farage, his bank account was closed by coutts.our hands this time more than 140,000 small and medium sized businesses had their bank accounts closed in the last yeah accounts closed in the last year. an absolute scandal . we'll year. an absolute scandal. we'll have more on that after this. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel . 2024, a battleground year. >> the year the nation decides as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election. >> who will be left standing when the british people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives? >> who rise and who will fall? >> let's find out together for every moment . every moment. >> the highs, the lows, the twists and turns. >> we'll be with you for every step of this journey in 2024 gb news is britain's election . channel >> and welcome back to the show. >> and welcome back to the show. >> it's 338. you're watching or listening to martin daubney on gb news. now. later this hour i'll have news of a major decision that will affect soldiers who are in

biden pleading not guilty to 9 tax coutts including failing to file and pay taxes and filing a falseal is set for mid june. any charges for taking money from china? will: i was thinking about banking. rachel: you have your priorities, i have mine. that's a problem for the economy according to the wall street journal, the american pork industry is making more sausage and bacon than people can eat. the report says production is so efficient, demand can't keep up with supply. we didn't go without our bacon this morning so we have some onset. joey: we have less bacon than we did a minute ago. if we had an overage of bacon, who drops that off at my doorstep? i will take care of that bacon i promise. will: it is charged in this story. pork, beef, chicken are the last 50 years. i didn't realize that. beef consumption per capita has gone down. pork remained in third place in the gone down a little bit. chicken, through the roof. rachel: in terms of nutrients, beef is a secure peace. joey: the efficiency in raising them. will: on red meat. rachel: saying it is bad. what they really want is us

it's understood she'll also join the board of coutts . also join the board of coutts.ore than six months after the resignation of peter flavell in the wake of nigel farage's de—banking scandal, and snow is blanketing parts of the country today as a cold spell settles in. dozens of schools are closed as forecasters warn that up to 25cm of snow could fall in some areas. amber warnings for snow are in place in parts of northern england and north wales, with yellow warnings across the rest of the uk . the met office says the uk. the met office says the worst is expected later today, with snowy conditions moving further north tomorrow . and further north tomorrow. and molten lava is once again bubbung molten lava is once again bubbling into the sky in iceland , the country's third volcano eruption in recent weeks. bright orange lava can be seen spilling across roads near the popular blue lagoon thermal spa in the southwest of the country. residents in the town of grindavik had already been evacuated after an eruption in mid—january. officials have been working to divert lav

natwest bank has appointed a former ubs executive to lead its high net worth banking arm, coutts.ystal will take the top job, reporting directly to natwest's interim chief executive, paul thwaite. it's understood she'll also join the board . it comes also join the board. it comes more than six months after the resignation of peter flavell in the wake of nigel farage's coutts de—banking ing scandal. and snow is blanketing parts of the country today as a new cold spell settles in dozens of schools were closed today and forecasters warn that up to 25cm of snow could fall in some elevated areas. amber warnings for snow are in place in parts of northern england and northern wales. yellow warnings across the rest of the uk as well the met office is saying the worst of the weather is expected later today, and snowy conditions will then move further north tomorrow . so for the very latest stories , do sign up for gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. commens dirt's . thanks for that poly and dirt's. thanks for that poly and michelle dewberry and i'm keepi

it turned out that in the end, there was a huge internal coots dossier showing that coutts employees,b politically, so they felt they should de—banking him. they have now apologised for that, as has the company as a whole when it comes to small and medium sized enterprises, it's almost never because as the owner is politically exposed , because the politically exposed, because the sort of people that own small and medium sized enterprises , and medium sized enterprises, there's sort of honest to goodness salt of the earth people up and down the country rather than, you know, well—known political figures or celebrities. it's largely, tom, i can surmise, because banks feel that there's not enough sort of political or financial meat, if you like, on the bone of operating banking services for small businesses, long gone are the days where your local bank manager are sort of captain mannering figure would assess the worth of various local small businesses and offer them working capital. offer them loans in order to invest in those local small businesses and help them grow. that's how you g

um, when natwest tried to debank our colleague nigel farage and strip him of his coutts account, andom the natwest chief executive, and she subsequently had to stand. indeed, stand down. this is slightly different. this is the treasury select committee . as you know, select committee. as you know, i think a lot of the best work in the commons goes on in the committees. these cross—party group of mps and house of lords have the same mps committed to investigating things. they're interested in on a cross—party basis. one of the most powerful select committees westminster select committees at westminster is select committee is the treasury select committee , and they've been investigating whether or not banks are not just de—banking people but are de—banking businesses as small businesses now , as i often say businesses now, as i often say here on gb news on the money generally we are good at small businesses in this country, businesses in this country, businesses of less than 100, 150 people, they employ two thirds of us. they generate half of our national income , of our gdp. national