i resignation earlier of the week of dame alison?— dame alison? - dame alison? i think it was absolutely inevitable on - dame alison? i think it was| absolutely inevitable on the dame alison? i think it was - absolutely inevitable on the basis that the decision was taken within coutts, and he heads up coutts, and he would have signed off on that decision. maybe it is also worth mentioning what they did was they were not going to remove any possibility of nigel farage having a bank account, as the phrase de—bank suggests, they said, "look, you have a wealthy person's bank account, you don't have enough money in the account to keep that so sadly we have to downgrade due to a normal person's natwest account, which nigel farage was not happy with. i nigel farage was not happy with. i want to put this on screen for the so they fully understand it. i want to talk about why the coutts committee got it right and where they got it wrong. we know two things from the report nigel farage got his hands on, the first, they discussed his bank account in a purely

this morning the prime minister said he believed dame alison was right to step down.r business correspondent, emma simpson. the most high—profile female ceo in the country, she made history when she became the first woman to take the topjob at she became the first woman to take the top job at the bank. now she's out with immediate effect. it the topjob at the bank. now she's out with immediate effect.- out with immediate effect. it was ri . ht that out with immediate effect. it was right that alice _ out with immediate effect. it was right that alice and _ out with immediate effect. it was right that alice and the _ out with immediate effect. it was right that alice and the chief - right that alice and the chief executive of natwest resigned. the government has been clear throughout that it government has been clear throughout thatitis government has been clear throughout that it is wrong to relieve someone's bank account because of their political views or something that they said. 50. their political views or something that they said.— their political views or somet

perfectly clear to me that dame alison - untenable. clear to me that dame alison rose l untenable. perfectly clear to | me that dame alison rose is unfit to be the ceo of a big group, and, that howard davies who was supposed to be in charge of governance, has failed as well. given that we have a 39% stake in this, we, the great british public, i think at that investor statement on friday morning, the government ought to say we don't have any competence in this management. frankly, i think they should all go. last think they should all go. last week mr farres _ think they should all go. last week mr farres presented evidence that his account at coutts had been closed indefinitely due to his political values contrasting with the bank's values. that printed a story by bbc�*s simon jack who sourced... it was for commercial reasons, the source said. the bbc has since apologised for its inaccurate reporting. dame alison said she should not have... and in a statement she said... the treasury had previously said people should be able to exerci

dame alison rose, the natwest boss — new companies.w companies. dame alison rose, the natwest boss who stepped _ new companies. dame alison rose, the natwest boss who stepped down - new companies. dame alison rose, the natwest boss who stepped down over l natwest boss who stepped down over the row about closing nigel for ash's she admitted she had told the bbc it was a commercial decision. but incorrectly denied it reflected his political views, too. she was seen as a highly experienced banker, a safe pair of hands to handle the accounts of millions, until now. the first real accounts of millions, until now. ire: first real banking accounts of millions, until now. iie: first real banking client confidentiality. and she, over a sociable dinner, with simonjack, the bbc business editor, clearly said some things that were not very wise. since when is a bank a moral arbiter of who they deem to be suitable as a customer or not? fin suitable as a customer or not? on the 29th ofjune, nigel for raj the 29th ofjune, nigel for raj claimed his acco

dame alison was paid just over £5 million last year.twest has not yet responded to a question on whether she will get an exit payment. we're nowjoined by frances coppola, who's an independent banking analyst. let's start at the beginning. you would on newsnight alongside nigel farage last week. you have been doing some investigating on to the source of some of this confusion. what did you find? i source of some of this confusion. what did you find?— source of some of this confusion. what did you find? i actually looked at the dossier _ what did you find? i actually looked at the dossier of _ what did you find? i actually looked at the dossier of evidence _ what did you find? i actually looked at the dossier of evidence that - at the dossier of evidence that nigel farage obtained from coutts, and i looked through it and i discovered that the reason why they closed the account was that he had pride of his mortgage and that had brought his relationship below the published financial criteria for a banking relationship with coutts. that was

dame alison is still question?ame alison is still sticking by this ridiculous story that this was an error of judgement on her part . it judgement on her part. it wasn't, was it? this was a wilful decision to humiliate and destroy a customer who's values she didn't support. >> i don't know if it was that malevolent, that evil , but it malevolent, that evil, but it certainly was more than an error of judgement . of judgement. >> do you actually think that the bank have made a massive mistake in saying they have full confidence? massive. so who do you think has to go? who do you think has to go now ? think has to go now? >> the whole ruddy board who sanctioned this and went along with her so , so. with her so, so. >> so you mean the whole board of natwest? that includes the very august figure of sir howard davies , a former governor who's davies, a former governor who's been a big noise at the bank of england because he expressed confidence her. he has to go confidence in her. he has to go to anybody who sanctioned w

nigel farage says he also wants dame alison rose to face mps. also wants dame alison rose to face mp5ison rose to face mps. ~ . , ., face mps. i think what needs to ha en is face mps. i think what needs to happen is the — face mps. i think what needs to happen is the treasury - face mps. i think what needs to happen is the treasury select i happen is the treasury select committee needs to reconvene, come out of recess, and let�*s give her the opportunity to tell us the truth.— give her the opportunity to tell us the truth. one other development _ tell us the truth. one other development to _ tell us the truth. one other development to - - tell us the truth. one other development to - the - tell us the truth. one other - development to - the government development to — the government is now proposing new rules to make sure that if a customer�*s account is closed there are more opportunities to appeal at the bank must provide details of the reason why. ros atkins there. let�*s talk to susannah streeter, head of money and markets at the investment company hargreaves lansdown. the governm

the next afternoon, dame alison admitted to being the source.nt, but said it retained full confidence in her. however, just eight hours later, in the middle of the night, natwest announced she is stepping down. coutts prides itself on having served the brightest and best, it says, for over 300 years. once dubbed the queen's bank, 0nce dubbed the queen's bank, its a stranger to scandal. yet its a stranger to scandal. yet it finds itself embroiled in a crisis, not a financial one, but a reputational one, and one which has provoked a discussion about how banks should view their customers. the city minister summoned senior bankers to discuss whether line should be drawn between risk and freedom of expression. it was right that alison, the chief exec of natwest, resigned. the government has been clear throughout that it is wrong to remove someone's bank account because of their political views or something that they've said. yeah i certainly don't think anybody should be refused banking services because of their political views, whoever they are — po

if dame alison has operates.f dame alison has broken this , she must go and broken this, she must go and therefore she must answer the question was she the source for the bbc? >> well, turning our attentions now to greece, where the tour operator , tui, has cancelled all operator, tui, has cancelled all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday. as wildfires continue to spread rapidly right across the island. nearly 1500 tourists have been flown home in the biggest evacuation of its kind. as the fires burn there for a sixth day running .jet2 and tui both running. jet2 and tui both announcing four repatriation flights today. easyjet and tui have another planned for tomorrow . well, the foreign tomorrow. well, the foreign office says between seven and 10,000 britons are currently on the island . michael gove has the island. michael gove has announced plans to create more homes in the uk's main cities by he says , relaxing planning rules he says, relaxing planning rules and cutting red tape . the and cut

if dame alison has operates.f dame alison has broken this , she must go and broken this, she must go and therefore she must answer the question was she the source for the bbc? >> well, turning our attentions now to greece, where the tour operator , tui, has cancelled all operator, tui, has cancelled all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday. as wildfires continue to spread rapidly right across the island. nearly 1500 tourists have been flown home in the biggest evacuation of its kind. as the fires burn there for a sixth day running .jet2 and tui both running. jet2 and tui both announcing four repatriation flights today. easyjet and tui have another planned for tomorrow . well, the foreign tomorrow. well, the foreign office says between seven and 10,000 britons are currently on the island . michael gove has the island. michael gove has announced plans to create more homes in the uk's main cities by he says , relaxing planning rules he says, relaxing planning rules and cutting red tape . the and cut

now, one political figure called very clearly and very openly for dame alison rose to go a couple of his alison rose to go a couple of days ago. his name alison rose to go a couple of days ago . his name jacob days ago. his name jacob rees—mogg. i'm going to have a full sit down chat with jacob in just a couple of minutes . before jacob rees—mogg, a quick reflection on what's going on within british banking and in particular within coutts. i'm joined by oliver lewis, author and former coutts employee . and and former coutts employee. and somebody when he was there that was business was involved with business development oliver saving the planet and promoting lgbtq+ rights. how does that improve business performance . business performance. >> well, being open and open minded here, nigel, i think there is a case for saying obviously there is public pressure to reflect societal changes as i suppose the business decision is whether there is incremental bottom line improvement. now given coot's client profile , i would wager client profile, i would wager that probably focus on those topic

and of course, dame alison rose . as you know, dame alison rose. breaker, if you like, breaking through in this very male environment to get to the top of a big bank, but which has fallen through it now, though, isn't she? 5.2 million a year? and it sounds like she's likely to get up to that to go away ? that to go away? >> well , thank you for that, >> well, thank you for that, catherine this is gb news. this is we are the people's channel, honestly, 5.2 million. well, we move on because whilst many in this country suffered over the winter due to the freezing temperatures and had to sacrifice things like food and put extra jumper to avoid put on an extra jumper to avoid switching the heating due to switching on the heating due to the costs of energy, the spiralling costs of energy, the spiralling costs of energy, the companies behind this who made lives a living hell made our lives a living hell were basking in glory and were basking in the glory and have just posted obscene profits. not all their profits. it's not all their fault. i mean, who can

the natwest chief executive officer , dame alison rose, has officer, dame alison rose, has confessedo being the source of the story that leaked the personal financial details of nigel farage, the bbc also, of course, turned out to be untrue . who she claims to have leaked the information on unintentionally. so the ceo of natwest has admitted to being a careless gossip. she has to go. is britain's broken new home office data have revealed that an average of 584 burglaries went unsolved every day in england and wales last year , io% england and wales last year, 10% worse than the year before . is worse than the year before. is there light at the end of the crime ridden tunnel? and is this country destined for a gloomy day ? dystopia in which we return day? dystopia in which we return to the days when a man with a red flag had to walk in front of a car that speed limits get slower and slower. eminent author and journalist frederick forsyth has compared the metropolitan police to the communist east german ministry of security after being taken to court over its own administrative error.

now, one political figure called very clearly and very openly for dame alison rose to go a couple of his alison rose to go a couple of days ago. his name alison rose to go a couple of days ago . his name jacob days ago. his name jacob rees—mogg. i'm going to have a full sit down chat with jacob in just a couple of minutes . before jacob rees—mogg, a quick reflection on what's going on within british banking and in particular within coutts. i'm joined by oliver lewis, author and former coutts employee . and and former coutts employee. and somebody when he was there that was business was involved with business development oliver saving the planet and promoting lgbtq+ rights. how does that improve business performance . business performance. >> well, being open and open minded here, nigel, i think there is a case for saying obviously there is public pressure to reflect societal changes as i suppose the business decision is whether there is incremental bottom line improvement. now given coot's client profile , i would wager client profile, i would wager that probably focus on those topic

says he wants to know if dame alison rose is the bbc�*s source.s demand of dame alison rose to face mps. i think what needs to happen is the treasury select committee needs to reconvene, come out of recess, and let's give her the opportunity to tell us the truth. one other development — the government is proposing new rules to make sure that if a customer's account is closed, there's more opportunity to appeal and the bank must provide details of the reason why. ros atkins reporting there. we've recently reported on concerns about hospital "do not resusicate" forms, an end—of—life care decision that can be appropriate for some people. our investigation led to dozens of people getting in touch, with evidence that the system, particularly in england, has significant ongoing problems. some families have told us that patients and medical staff are regularly confused by the process. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the latest. denise smith was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year. the 50—year—old had a do not resuscitate decisi

at 5a0 2p and yesterday we had this statement from natwest, saying that dame alison rose had been theout why nigel farage had his account closed. the board of the bank said that we have consonant in alison rose to continue leading the bank. nigel farage got his own tv show, and went on that show to say that it wasn't good enough. he said that she broke client conventionality and that she needed to go. a few hours later, there was an emergency board meeting, at1:20pm, —— 1:20am, there was an emergency board meeting, at1:20pm, ——1:20am, a bizarre time to get statements, let alone from this kind of country, we got a statement to say that she had departed. bbc news had understood that downing street had serious concerns about her leadership. why does that matter? because the uk taxpayer is still a a0% shareholder, the major shareholder in natwest. when you have lost confidence in terms of your major step shareholder, the government, then you have to go. it was right for her to go, but there are questions now of what happened behind—the—scenes to lead to these changes in status, fought nig

the next afternoon, dame alison admitted to being the source.ll confidence in her. however, just eight hours later, in the middle of the night, natwest announced that she's stepping down. coutts prides itself on having served the brightest and best, it says, for over 300 years, once dubbed the queen's bank, a stranger to scandal. yet it finds itself embroiled in a crisis — not a financial one, but a reputational one, and one which has provoked a discussion about how banks should view their customers. the city minister summoned senior bankers to discuss where the line should be drawn between risk and freedom of expression. it was right that alison, the chief executive of natwest, resigned. the government has been clear throughout that it is wrong to remove someone's bank account because of their political views or something that they've said. i certainly don't think anybody should be refused banking services because of their political views, whoever they are. for nigel farage, it's a personal crusade and today, banks were told they would have to

now coming up as natwest chief executive, dame alison rose admits the alison rose admits she was thethe bbc's inaccurate on nigel inaccurate reporting on nigel farage as banking. but fails to resign. to roll resign. two heads need to roll over sinister establishment over this sinister establishment plot. mumford plot. the once cancelled mumford and musician winston and sons musician winston marshall offers his analysis live in the studio soon. but next, britain's borders pimped out for £10,000 a pop as uk lawyers are exposed for submitting false asylum claims for illegal migrants in exchange for illegal migrants in exchange for cash . are we fighting a for cash. are we fighting a losing battle in the channel? my superstar panel returned to debate that shortly. plus, we're going to have a first look at tomorrow's newspaper. front pages , off press. don't pages, hot off the press. don't go anywhere . we're back very sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. we

now coming up as natwest chief executive, dame alison rose admits the alison rose admits she was thethe bbc's inaccurate on nigel inaccurate reporting on nigel farage as banking. but fails to resign. to roll resign. two heads need to roll over sinister establishment over this sinister establishment plot. mumford plot. the once cancelled mumford and musician winston and sons musician winston marshall offers his analysis live in the studio soon. but next, britain's borders pimped out for £10,000 a pop as uk lawyers are exposed for submitting false asylum claims for illegal migrants in exchange for illegal migrants in exchange for cash . are we fighting a for cash. are we fighting a losing battle in the channel? my superstar panel returned to debate that shortly. plus, we're going to have a first look at tomorrow's newspaper. front pages , off press. don't pages, hot off the press. don't go anywhere . we're back very sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. we

it was so—called inclusive policies spearhead , aided by dame alison spearhead, aided by dame alisone that led to the debunking of nigel farage and indeed the inclusive policies of unilever that have served to benefit the russian army as its staff are set to be conscripted unopposed, even purcell won't wash this stain away . and has the stain away. and has the conservative government learned the lessons of the uxbridge by—election that the electorate is firmly sceptic of costly net zero policies? the signs are there and the sands seem to be slowly shifting. as michael gove has indicated , a review of heat has indicated, a review of heat pump policies as well as changes in energy performance certificates. state of the nafion certificates. state of the nation starts now . nation starts now. i'll also i'll also be joined by a particularly incisive panel this evening, the former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, and the pr tycoon and former labour kevin craig . labour councillor kevin craig. as ever, i want to hear from you . it's the most important part of programme mail of the progra

does he not have a point in sense dame alison in the sense that dame alison rose is boss or was bosshe wasn't over coots and nigel's bank account was with coots . so do the questions with coots. so do the questions not go deeper than just does it not go deeper than just does it not go deeper than just does it not go beyond just dame alison rose yes, i think the questions do go deeper, but as to whether somebody else has to resign or not, that i'm very much uncertain that i think that uncertain on that i think that it's very easy to call for resignations without, you know, standing having think. >> and the reason here, as i understand it, or certainly where i was yesterday evening, put way her put it that way with her resignation . ian. well, what led resignation. ian. well, what led up to the resignation was, yes , up to the resignation was, yes, something had happened at coutts, but it was what she said at that particular dinner and there is something about confidentiality which is very important. we do have two issues playing here why and under what circumstances can a bank say to

says he wants to know if dame alison rose is the bbc�*s source.e, the bbc hasn't revealed the source of its story. mr farage also made this demand of dame alison rose to face mp�*s. i think what needs to happen is the treasury select committee needs to reconvene, come out of recess, and let's give her the opportunity to tell us the truth. one other development, the government is proposing new rules to make sure that if a customer's account is closed, there's more opportunity to appeal and the bank must provide details of the reason why. votes are being counted in three importany by—elections in england, that are being seen as tests of confidence in rishi sunak, and his conservative government. the constituences of uxbridge and south rice—lip in london— borisjohnson's old seat, selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, and somerton and froome in the south west, were all won with sizeable majorities by the tories, at the last general election. with sizeable majorities by the tories, at the last general election. but there are real fears within the party,

two days later, dame alison apologised for the deeply inappropriate comments.logised to mr farage. the business editor tweeted his senior source's information was incomplete and inaccurate. coutts prides itself on having served the brightest and best, it says, for over 300 years. once dubbed the queen's bank, it's a stranger to scandal. yet it finds itself embroiled in a crisis, not a financial one, but a reputational one, and one which has provoked a discussion about how banks should view their customers. the city minister summoned senior bankers to discuss where the line should be drawn between risk and freedom of expression. it was right that alison, the chief exec of natwest, resigned. the government has been clear throughout that it is wrong to remove someone's bank account because of their political views or something that they've said. i certainly don't think anybody should be refused banking services because of their political views, whoever they are. for nigel farage, it's a personal crusade. banks were told they'd have to give customers more notice wh

dame alison said she had made a serious error of judgment.rrespondence has more details. what else can you tell us about the latest developments? this what else can you tell us about the latest developments?— what else can you tell us about the latest developments? this has been the latest twist _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a saga _ latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a saga that - latest developments? this has been the latest twist in a saga that has i the latest twist in a saga that has gripped headline writers in the uk over the last month. coutts is a prestigious 300—year—old bank and nigel farage disclosed his account was being shut down. the bbc filed a report based on a senior and trusted source at the bank at the start of this month which said that it was commercial decisions which had led to his account being cloud. he didn't meet the criteria. he then went and got a report

it was so—called inclusive policies spearhead , aided by dame alison spearhead, aided by dame alisonrage and indeed the inclusive policies of unilever that have served to benefit the russian army as its staff are set to be conscripted unopposed, even purcell won't wash this stain away . and has the stain away. and has the conservative government learned the lessons of the uxbridge by—election that the electorate

dame alison want to call it. dame alison rose she's resigned as the natwest boss.nigel . farage n atwe st farage natwest boss alison rose resigns over the leaking of nigel farage's banking details. that is the big sensation. overnight it happened whilst you were sleeping at the time. now 7:01, it's wednesday, 26th of july. >> this is breakfast on gb news with eamonn holmes and ellie costello. here's what's leading the news this morning. >> the chief executive of natwest, alison rose, has resigned after admitting to discussing nigel farage bank account closure with the bbc journalist nigel has told us he's fighting for other people across the country who face a similar situation . similar situation. >> i'm not just doing this for me, i'm doing it for thousands. maybe tens of thousands of people. all over this country who've had their bank accounts closed over the course of the last two years. >> the government has updated its travel advice for road as tourists continue to flee the island. it comes as firefighters tackle blazes across the whole of the mediterranean w

concerns about the significant concerns about the future of natwest group ceo dame alison rose following her admission that she was the source of the inaccurate bbc story reporting on the closure of nigel farage's coutts bank account. dame alison gave a statement this evening saying that i recognise in conversations with simon jacques of the bbc, i made a serious error of judgement in discussing mr farage's relationship with the bank. well the financial times is tonight reporting that senior government ministers are also indicating they believe her position is now untenable. it follows a statement issued earlier on this evening by natwest group itself , saying natwest group itself, saying that after careful consideration action, the board had full confidence in dame alison rose in her position as ceo . turning in her position as ceo. turning our attentions to greece now, where three people have confirmed been confirmed to have lost their lives as a result of the wildfires there in including two pilots on board an aircraft which was fighting the flames in the hills . the plane crashed the

can i ask you, dame alison was it you?ched my private client banking confidentiality? was it you that whole time, jack, that who . whole time, jack, that who. well, i'm to going find out because today i've put in another subject, access request, this time to natwest bank. and i'm in particular looking for any personal correspondence . any personal correspondence. dame rose that concerns me. so in 30 days time, we'll know the absolute truth. that's it from me. we'll take a short break and be back in just a moment. radio. as we go around the country , we as we go around the country, we always find that there are local issues, but also resonate at a national level. >> and i can promise you there are plenty of them here in newport. i'm joined by councillor matthew evans , mp, councillor matthew evans, mp, conservative councillor , leader conservative councillor, leader of conservative opposition of the conservative opposition here in newport and veteran of local government. you've been doing it for quarter of a century . do yo

as dame alison rose resigns as natwest ceo. so why are the left still sneering at his brave crusade against woke banks .7 woke banks? >> you've run seven times and lost seven times, but are you really not going to have this? >> i'm sick to death of your condescending tone. it's about time i was teasing you. >> mr farage. >> mr farage. >> i was teasing you >> i was teasing you. you weren't. he wasn't . weren't. he wasn't. >> i'll explain why the fight for our freedom has only just begun a special digest. next. begun in a special digest. next. and then my superstar piano. and tonight, she's back. christine hamilton. he's back. adam brooks and matthew lazar , too. plus, and matthew lazar, too. plus, star daily telegraph columnist celia walden is live to give her unrivalled analysis on the scandal and why liberal media elites like adil ray are completely missing the point by continuing to attack the popular views of farage. also coming up tonight, kevin spacey cleared of all sex charges against him as he gives an emotional statemen

as dame alison rose resigns as natwest ceo. so why are the left still sneering at his brave crusade against woke banks .7 woke banks? >> you've run seven times and lost seven times, but are you really not going to have this? >> i'm sick to death of your condescending tone. it's about time i was teasing you. >> mr farage. >> mr farage. >> i was teasing you >> i was teasing you. you weren't. he wasn't . weren't. he wasn't. >> i'll explain why the fight for our freedom has only just begun a special digest. next. begun in a special digest. next. and then my superstar piano. and tonight, she's back. christine hamilton. he's back. adam brooks and matthew lazar , too. plus, and matthew lazar, too. plus, star daily telegraph columnist celia walden is live to give her unrivalled analysis on the scandal and why liberal media elites like adil ray are completely missing the point by continuing to attack the popular views of farage. also coming up tonight, kevin spacey cleared of all sex charges against him as he gives an emotional statemen

dame alison rose . well, joining me alison rose.e dewberry, her show is on the way, but michelle, reaction to that? >> cor blimey. i'll tell you, i've been watching all of this unfold distance. i am a unfold from a distance. i am a long standing natwest customer. i appalled, appalled by i am a appalled, appalled by this. and what's interesting in response statement that response to the statement that you've out, the board you've just read out, the board have said, and i quote , that it have said, and i quote, that it retains full confidence in ms rose as the ceo of the bank. well i don't mean to be rude, but client confidentiality is bafic but client confidentiality is basic 101. the trainee would learn that on day one. and if the trainee was not able to respect that and leak information about customers, they'd be out the door . so the they'd be out the door. so the very, very top dog here, it's outrageous and will be carry on carrying on this conversation on my show a few minutes. my show in just a few minutes. >> not. well, absolut

dame alison their jobs already.bly get a 5.2 million in severance package. that was her annual. annual >> it's a golden handshake for you, isn't it? >> salary? we may not know till they put their end of year accounts through. and yesterday it cost peter lavelle , the coots it cost peter lavelle, the coots boss, his job as well . and now boss, his job as well. and now all the questions about what happens to sir howard davies , happens to sir howard davies, the chairman. now nigel farage has been calling for him and indeed the whole board to go because of course, what happened when dame alison rose finally admitted that, yes, she'd been the source of this inaccurate story to the bbc, implying it was only that nigel farage didn't have sufficient funds and initially the board were. well, we've got full confidence in her and she's staying. and it was only when pressure was clearly brought to bear by number 10 by the chancellor that they had this sort of middle of the night board meeting. and then she she went and sort of

can i ask you, dame alison was it you?ou that breached my private client banking confidentiality? was it you that whole time, jack, that who . whole time, jack, that who. well, i'm to going find out because today i've put in another subject, access request, this time to natwest bank. and i'm in particular looking for any personal correspondence . any personal correspondence. dame rose that concerns me. so in 30 days time, we'll know the absolute truth. that's it from me. we'll take a short break and be back in just a moment. radio. as we go around the country , we as we go around the country, we always find that there are local issues, but also resonate at a national level. >> and i can promise you there are plenty of them here in newport. i'm joined by councillor matthew evans , mp, councillor matthew evans, mp, conservative councillor , leader conservative councillor, leader of conservative opposition of the conservative opposition here in newport and veteran of local government. you've been doing it for quarter of a cen

it follows the resignation of the former ceo of natwest group, dame alison rose, who could be in line5 million pay off. british gas owner centrica has revealed that earnings at its gas and electricity supply arm have soared . by 889% to £969 million soared. by 889% to £969 million in the six months to june. shadow climate secretary ed miliband says the scale of the profits show that the money isn't being reinvested into energy production and is instead being funnelled back to shareholders . but the prime shareholders. but the prime minister rishi sunak insists that energy companies windfall profits are being taxed to support consumers helping to pay around half of a typical family's energy bill. tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment , which killed croydon derailment, which killed seven people. many more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop in november 2016. transport for london and tram operations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. mrjustice fraser told the court this was

it follows the resignation of the former ceo of natwest group, dame alison rose, who could be in line5 million pay off. british gas owner centrica has revealed that earnings at its gas and electricity supply arm have soared . by 889% to £969 million soared. by 889% to £969 million in the six months to june. shadow climate secretary ed miliband says the scale of the profits show that the money isn't being reinvested into energy production and is instead being funnelled back to shareholders . but the prime shareholders. but the prime minister rishi sunak insists that energy companies windfall profits are being taxed to support consumers helping to pay around half of a typical family's energy bill. tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment , which killed croydon derailment, which killed seven people. many more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop in november 2016. transport for london and tram operations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. mrjustice fraser told the court this was

because only at tea time yesterday, dame alison rose was saying yes , that alison rose was saying yesde, you know, a serious error of judgement , but serious error of judgement, but she wasn't going anywhere. and she wasn't going anywhere. and she had the board's full support at that point. of course , that at that point. of course, that changed with that emergency board meeting. follow following noises from number 10 and the chancellor making it clear that they were deeply unhappy with they were deeply unhappy with the situation and she's gone. but nigel farage, i think this is as he said, really only the beginning because, of course, it's not just about nigel farage and coutts bank. it's about free speech, isn't it? and it's about banks respecting confidential 40 of their customers. and so we've seen the fallout today . natwest seen the fallout today. natwest has dropped by 4% in its value of its shares as it's wiped . of its shares as it's wiped. about £850 million off the value of the company. a company that is 39% owned by us, the british taxpayer, because of course they were bai

and you'll be familiar by now that dame alison rose, natwest ceo, has stepped down, of course.day , now it's moved on because today, now it's moved on because the chief executive of coutts also stepping down with immediate effect . now i've got immediate effect. now i've got to say, nigel farage, he's not having any of that. he doesn't think it's enough. he suggests that perhaps the board should go as well. let's just have a little listen, shall we, to what he has to say. >> the resignation of dame alison is a start. it's a start. i mean, she cannot be the only person that carries the can for a terrible decision that was made yesterday by the board of the natwest group. they endorsed somebody who'd broken the basic banking code of client confidence reality. they backed up her false claims that she had not revealed what the funds in my account were, which had been completely disproved by the bbc. this is gross mismanagement. so i think actually dame alison going isn't enough . going isn't enough. >> well, i'm going to start with you on this one, david starkey, because you don't

dame alison rose that she would stand down-— dame alison rose that she would stand down. ., ~ , ., .,updating us on the breaking _ stand down. thank you for updating us on the breaking news. _ police in england and wales will no longer respond to concerns about mental health if there's no risk to life or a crime being committed. ?the government says welfare calls are stopping officers fighting crime but mental health leaders say lives could be put at risk, as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. i'd say there was at least one mental health job a shift. quite recently we had a man hanging out of a first floor window, bathroom window, trying to get out to kill himself. pc april clarke four years in thejob, during which she's become used to handling suicide attempts. i feel responsible for the life at that moment. like because it is quite literally in my hands, especially with that incident, like, you can't let them go. you can't let anything happen to them. you've just got to do what you can and reassure them and their family until the right help can come along. a life at

rose to deny down to dame alison rose to deny that she is the source. though, back right. all right, though, moving minister is moving on, the prime minister is being members the being urged by members of the conservative party to drop, quote, unpopular , expensive quote, unpopular, expensive green of the next green policies ahead of the next general election. now, it's been said that the tories holding uxbndge said that the tories holding uxbridge and south in uxbridge and south ruislip in the week's by—election the last week's by—election showed is a real showed that there is a real chance that sunak could win the next general election, where labour london mayor labour have blamed london mayor sadiq khan's expansion of the ulez as the reason as to why the tories victorious . let's tories were victorious. let's get reaction from jacob rees—mogg , who joins me now. so rees—mogg, who joins me now. so jacob, so i read things that you were saying that you think that perhaps if we dropped elements of green agenda that the of this green agenda that the torie

that's dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel have resigned. roger griswold told us here at gb news that any bank bosses who have wrongfully closed people's accounts should be fired . be fired. >> and i think there should be an investigation. mr griffith, the city minister, should, i would suggest, start an investigation immediately, not next year, with a paper that we get in when our grandchildren can read it next week into every bank that did this. and over the last several years , as has has last several years, as has has has cancelled people and closed their accounts without reason. and any directors or officers or management involved in that should go . should go. >> police have arrested a 14 year old boy after a seven year old girl was killed in a hit and run crash with a motorcycle. west midlands police attended the scene at turnstone road in blakenhall in walsall shortly after 7:00 yesterday evening . after 7:00 yesterday evening. police are still searching for a blue and black road bike . the 14 blue and black road bike. the 14 year ol

of the natwest group , dame of the natwest group, dame alison rose. she is now confessed. she was indeed the source that leaked this information to the bbc. get this. so everybody, the board there apparently have, i quote , there apparently have, i quote, a full confidence in her in her role. well, i say this, quite frankly, she should resign. and if the board do indeed have full confidence, then they should follow her out the door. to what do you make to what has been going on.7 and of course, fires everywhere . and so it seems what everywhere. and so it seems what is going on. some saying the climate is on fire, other people saying it's arsenal at play of the media being over sensationalist in their reporting . over in the house of reporting. over in the house of lords. we've got a life peer aged 33 that's now just drawing its laughable. who gets a lifetime job, not least age, 30 years of age. we've got men dressed as women trying to get access to female locker rooms. it's all kicking off in sheffield and get this, we've got massive sky high excess deaths in this country

my nominee is dame alison rose, because yours, i believe.ts of that company. she reduced public ownership in that country, in that company. >> have you seen the natwest share at moment? share price at the moment? >> a mistake. and then share price at the moment? >> know a mistake. and then share price at the moment? >> know whatistake. and then share price at the moment? >> know what she:e. and then share price at the moment? >> know what she did?|d then share price at the moment? >> know what she did? she en do you know what she did? she did stood aside. >> she didn't. >> she didn't. >> she didn't. >> she apologised and stood aside. she is a good woman. she did. >> she clung on to her job. >> she clung on to her job. >> . well, that's a bizarre >> okay. well, that's a bizarre nomination . i'm going to go with nomination. i'm going to go with andrew jenkins , though, and andrew jenkins, though, and andrew jenkins, though, and andrew griffiths his good andrew griffiths for his good work on the farage scandal . work on the farage scandal. poli

my nominee is dame alison rose, because yours, i believe.ts of that company. she reduced public ownership in that country, in that company. >> have you seen the natwest share at moment? share price at the moment? >> a mistake. and then share price at the moment? >> know a mistake. and then share price at the moment? >> know whatistake. and then share price at the moment? >> know what she:e. and then share price at the moment? >> know what she did?|d then share price at the moment? >> know what she did? she en do you know what she did? she did stood aside. >> she didn't. >> she didn't. >> she didn't. >> she apologised and stood aside. she is a good woman. she did. >> she clung on to her job. >> she clung on to her job. >> . well, that's a bizarre >> okay. well, that's a bizarre nomination . i'm going to go with nomination. i'm going to go with andrew jenkins , though, and andrew jenkins, though, and andrew jenkins, though, and andrew griffiths his good andrew griffiths for his good work on the farage scandal . work on the farage scandal. poli

e, hov needs to that dame alison rose needs to go further.o much further. but well done so you the people's so far. you are the people's champion. lot of people do see champion. a lot of people do see this win for the british this as a win for the british people, not just nigel farage. >> and i think there are two things, aren't there? the first is people do realise that this is people do realise that this is not like being told you can't use asda, where you can of course still buy food if you are told by a bank you can't operate, you can't have an account and we forget it's not just coutts . he hasn't been able just coutts. he hasn't been able to get a bank account with several other banks either. then you become a non—person and, and it's absolutely crucial. it's quite a frightening thought. you think about it for a moment. it's quite a frightening thought and he's made a lot of people think about it and that's why they're on his side . it's not they're on his side. it's not just about being nigel farage. they've thought about it as their o

natwest said it still had full confidence in dame alison at the helm.rsons politicals views should never be a reason to cancel someone's account. nice to see you, at all. in the football world _ nice to see you, at all. in the football world if _ nice to see you, at all. in the football world if you - nice to see you, at all. in the football world if you get - nice to see you, at all. in the football world if you get the l football world if you get the full confidence of the board you're usually out by christmas. what do you think dame allison's future is that natwest? i you think dame allison's future is that natwest?— you think dame allison's future is that natwest? i think if she needs to issue a statement _ that natwest? i think if she needs to issue a statement that - that natwest? i think if she needs to issue a statement that this - that natwest? i think if she needs to issue a statement that this to i to issue a statement that this to the results coming out on friday, very sensitive results for the making it very clear that her state has been ha

she had apologised within the early hours of this morning, dame alison rosenquist.

the head of natwest, dame alison rose, reveals she was the person who discussed nigel farage�*s relationshipith coutts with a bbcjournalist — admitting it was a serious error ofjudgement. two pilots are killed in greece when their water bombing plane crashes as they try to fight forest fires. record numbers of people are homeless in england — living uncertain lives in temporary accomodation. and plunging into a cleaner river seine as paris aims to welcome swimmers back next year for the first time in a century. on newsnight at 10.30 — where it stands, the war in ukraine. as putin destroys grain stores in the danube and the black sea and increases his armed forces, is a time for the west to lean in more? good evening. we're going to start tonight with a report from yemen — where there's no sign of an end to the eight year long conflict in the arab world's poorest country. these boys — hashim, bader and amir — arejust some of the children who've grown up in the firing line — in a country where more than 11,000 children have been killed or maimed in the fighting. there's been less violence sinc

so it's dame dame alison with the dame alison rose with the shenanigans that's occurred this week witho we know all about it. she's been saying things that she shouldn't have said. she broke confidentiality and information to and shared information to whoever that would listen to her, probably. then we've got the duke and duchess of sussex . the duke and duchess of sussex. this is harry and meghan. now they've come out with i mean, it's like a weekly nonsense slot with these pair. they're sort of suggesting when we have suggesting now that when we have adverts on tv or wherever that men should be seen washing pots and women should be seen doing manual jobs . and women should be seen doing manual jobs. i mean. i mean. i mean my missus regularly sweeps the chimney. there's nothing wrong with that. but i wouldn't put it you were a coal put it on. you were a coal miner. was coal miner. miner. i was a coal miner. >> yeah. you've done very well. absolutely. a deputy chairman of the conservative party. how did youi know. and then number >> i don't know. and then number three, james o'brien. r