yes, city veteran sir howard davies _ speaking.ing. yes, city veteran sirl howard davies will initially have had this marked in his diary as the day they unveiled bumper profits, the result of higher interest rates and proof that under the management of dame alison rose the bank is casting off the shadows of the financial crisis. instead he was fielding questions about why he initially said he had full consequence in dame alison rose after she admitted to being the source of inaccurate information given to the bbc about the closure of nigel farage's account. only for her to depart eight hours later. he said the reaction, the political reaction in the intervening period made it clear her position was untenable. however he also confirmed he is staying. he says he needs to provide stability and all those events are in the past. but are they really? he also confirmed natwest has appointed a law firm to oversee a review into the closure of this account and it means that debate over how banks treat their customers, particularly when it c

to the chairman, howard davies , sir howard davies howard davies, sir howard davies is going and that'sct. >> he's already announced that he's going there is, as i understand it already a search for his replacement, understand it already a search for his replacement , that for his replacement, that search, you know , i'm sure, no search, you know, i'm sure, no doubtis search, you know, i'm sure, no doubt is proceeding at pace and when and if a new candidate is found, then you can have that conversation . so he is already conversation. so he is already going. this is a process that was already in train predating that. was already in train predating that . and you'll understand, that. and you'll understand, because as minister and responsible for the whole of this sector, not just any one bank, the really important thing is that we move fast to implement the new regulations that we've talked about, make sure that we get to the bottom, the fca has said they're having a look at this, so has the ico as it relates to potential breach of client confidentiality . you and others are aware that t

sir howard davies, who is the current chairman of natwest. who is the current chairman of natwest . now, davies, who is the current chairman of natwest. now, this is what is so stinking. there's an entire group, close knit circle waiting. and do you know what is characteristic of this group? like howard davies? they rise through failure . he failed rise through failure. he failed at the fca . he was rise through failure. he failed at the fca. he was a negligible deputy governor of the bank of england. he had to resign on as governor of the london school of sorry, as director of the london school of economics, because he was tainted. three guesses what with gaddafi money. and not only was it gaddafi money, let's just continue . the lse actually gave continue. the lse actually gave gaddafi's son a cheating phd to get that money. now do we need to understand who these people are? >> well, in case you are, i mean, obviously he's not here to respond to that allegation. but in case you're wondering who howard davies is, i just put the board up on y

who is supposed howard davies, who is supposed to be in charge of governance, has failed as well.iven that we have a 39% stake in this, we, the great british public, i think we at that investor statement on friday morning, the government ought to say we have no confidence in this management . frankly, i think they should all go. and that is my conclusion from what we've learned this afternoon . i'm learned this afternoon. i'm joined by reaction, a full reaction by david davis, mp for halton price and howden and somebody who has spoken about this in the house of commons and subsequently , david, simply your subsequently, david, simply your reaction to this statement ? reaction to this statement? well, i ask your viewers to think to themselves what would happenif think to themselves what would happen if a bank clerk , a lowly happen if a bank clerk, a lowly bank clerk or a local bank manager decides just their account with a journalist with anybody , frankly, other than you anybody, frankly, other than you or the police or the financial authorities , what would happen authorities, w

who is supposed howard davies, who is supposed to be in charge of governance, has failed as well.iven that we have a 39% stake in this, we, the great british public, i think we at that investor statement on friday morning, the government ought to say we have no confidence in this management . frankly, i think they should all go. and that is my conclusion from what we've learned this afternoon . i'm learned this afternoon. i'm joined by reaction, a full reaction by david davis, mp for halton price and howden and somebody who has spoken about this in the house of commons and subsequently , david, simply your subsequently, david, simply your reaction to this statement ? reaction to this statement? well, i ask your viewers to think to themselves what would happenif think to themselves what would happen if a bank clerk , a lowly happen if a bank clerk, a lowly bank clerk or a local bank manager decides just their account with a journalist with anybody , frankly, other than you anybody, frankly, other than you or the police or the financial authorities , what would happen authorities, w

well, he's sir howard davis. so it's all becoming a little bit political . political. >> it is. our political >> well, it is. our political reporter, catherine forster is here. morning to you, catherine. and we know sir howard has been speaking at an investors meeting this morning. >> well , he's this morning. >> well, he's been speaking this morning, obviously , the morning, obviously, in the wake of these very good results, their profits up a billion. of course, that was to the end of june. all the chaos that's been emerging with nigel farage and the banking has been since then . but he has been asked whether he's going to give nigel farage back his coutts account. now unsurprisingly, he wouldn't be drawn on that. he said it would not be appropriate to talk about that and of course it wasn't not appropriate for dame alison rose, the boss of natwest , to rose, the boss of natwest, to discuss nigel farage's banking arrangements with the bbc journalist which led to the inaccurate story and has ultimately to led he

the chairman of the net worth group, howard davies , net worth group, howard davies, saying as rose recognises way was a way she did. it was a regrettable error of judgement on her part. however, after careful reflection, the board has concluded that it retains full ms rose. as full confidence in ms rose. as ceo of the bank. well, one of britain's top journalists, tom bower , in the studio with me bower, in the studio with me now. but tom is it rose's position tenable when you've got even the chancellor now, jeremy hunt making it very clear via sources that he doesn't think she's behaved appropriately? >> well, i hope is not tenable. she should go. peter flavell, the head of coutts, should go and davies, a well known and howard davies, a well known coward, should also go. do you agree with farage all three agree with farage that all three should? they should. should? of course they should. but i mean, i think also but i mean, i think we're also missing the major point here. we keep tonight that keep on emphasising tonight that she mentioned she shouldn't have mentioned that he had a financial

the chairman of the net worth group, howard davies , net worth group, howard davies, saying as rose recognises way was a way she did. it was a regrettable error of judgement on her part. however, after careful reflection, the board has concluded that it retains full ms rose. as full confidence in ms rose. as ceo of the bank. well, one of britain's top journalists, tom bower , in the studio with me bower, in the studio with me now. but tom is it rose's position tenable when you've got even the chancellor now, jeremy hunt making it very clear via sources that he doesn't think she's behaved appropriately? >> well, i hope is not tenable. she should go. peter flavell, the head of coutts, should go and davies, a well known and howard davies, a well known coward, should also go. do you agree with farage all three agree with farage that all three should? they should. should? of course they should. but i mean, i think also but i mean, i think we're also missing the major point here. we keep tonight that keep on emphasising tonight that she mentioned she shouldn't have mentioned that he had a financial

he's the sir howard davies? he's the natwest chairman.e described brexit as a tragedy , i described brexit as a tragedy, i think, yes. and he doesn't he doesn't want to go early . he's doesn't want to go early. he's he's retiring next year. shouldn't he go now? >> straordinari chap fails everything he does, but every failure leads promotion to an failure leads to promotion to an even bigger and higher paid role. look joking aside, sir howard davies chairs the natwest board. board last tuesday board. that board last tuesday endorsed alison rose, staying in position , and despite the fact position, and despite the fact she'd breached the most fundamental rule of banking, that being client confidentiality, also also, davis was the head of the regulator for the fsa, as it was known at the time. just looking at the rulebook, she breached the important principles . the most important principles. so mistake number one, he wanted to keep her in place . he was to keep her in place. he was then forced into an embarrassing u—turn later. u—turn a few

that alison rose and the coot's ceo , peter and the coot's ceo, peter flavell, and i also felt howard davis ought to resign. i felt what was in that statement last night was just wrong in every regard. then at 9:49 pm, we learn that the chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, had serious concerns. at 1030, the times front page dropped and it said number ten wants natwest boss to quit over farage and the editorials of all of the newspapers were absolutely scathing . how can you admit to scathing. how can you admit to breaching the most basic fundamental rule of banking and yet continue you in post? and how on earth could the board have supported it? and then after a very, very long board meeting that began at 11:00 last night . at 1:29 am. this night. at 1:29 am. this morning, we heard that that actually alison rose was going to go . so what do we make of it to go. so what do we make of it all? well, there are some who've come out today, rachel reeves, i think from the labour party being perhaps the most prominent of them, saying it's all wrong , of them, saying it's all wrong, of them, sa

we've got howard davis , whose job is to manage the governance of the bank, and that must be called intonto question . we still own 39% of question. we still own 39% of this banking group. you know , this banking group. you know, billions of taxpayers money, 45 billions of taxpayers money, 45 billion in total was initially pumped into this. are we getting value for money? >> well, look, i think that they've got questions to answer. i think the fact that you had to get a subject access request to expose the fact that what they said was completely wrong was porkies, essentially. that was the nub of the issue, because they'd said one thing and you found out that they were completely it was completely different. to read different. and actually to read the text, as i did of your subject access request, what they'd said about you, i mean, it was horrendous, extraordinary. you racist. extraordinary. you were racist. you're that, you're you're this, you're that, you're it and i think it was appalling. and i think the fact that you actually pursued that was critically important story . important

because you were earwigging on this presentation from sir howard who's from sir howard davies who's sayingard davies began by expressing regret that that the chair of natwest had had to go , but says natwest had had to go, but says that it's very important that he remains in place because they've got a temporary interim ceo at n atwe st. natwest. >> they've also got a temporary interim ceo at coutts. so his argument is i'm going next july anyway, at the end of a ten year period. let me stay to sort of smooth the waters . nigel farage smooth the waters. nigel farage of course not happy at all. he wants sir howard davies gone and he wants the whole board to go. and can we talk about his tweet and. >> yeah, well, nigel's been very vocal about this almost every houn vocal about this almost every hour. so what's the latest that he's saying? >> he's tweeted in >> so basically, he's tweeted in the last few minutes that he stands with gina miller, the arch—brexiteer a tweet that, you know, you never thought you'd see that probably more responsible for brexit than any other person. gina miller so c

so should group chairman howard davies now follow them out the door? securing major banking reforms against creeping authoritarian ism, should the fat cats involve receive their mega—money severance packages? that's the big debate with my superstar panel big debate with my superstar panel. and tonight, i'm joined by dame andrea jenkins , lord by dame andrea jenkins, lord shaun bailey and amy nicole turner. also tonight, prince harry's bid to destroy the free press takes a blow as a judge throws out his phone hacking claim against the publisher of the sun. but with other claims set to reach the high court , is set to reach the high court, is the duke going to regret his tabloid trench war? former editor of the sun kelvin mackenzie uncancelled on this. later and the man many conservatives want to not only become an mp, but the next party leader, tory grandee lord david frost, joins me for an exclusive interview where he'll warn a socialist coalition from hell risks freedom of speech in britain. plus, is gb news darling nana akua right that a woke univers

so should group chairman howard davies now follow them out the door? securing major banking reforms against creeping authoritarian ism, should the fat cats involve receive their mega—money severance packages? that's the big debate with my superstar panel big debate with my superstar panel. and tonight, i'm joined by dame andrea jenkins , lord by dame andrea jenkins, lord shaun bailey and amy nicole turner. also tonight, prince harry's bid to destroy the free press takes a blow as a judge throws out his phone hacking claim against the publisher of the sun. but with other claims set to reach the high court , is set to reach the high court, is the duke going to regret his tabloid trench war? former editor of the sun kelvin mackenzie uncancelled on this. later and the man many conservatives want to not only become an mp, but the next party leader, tory grandee lord david frost, joins me for an exclusive interview where he'll warn a socialist coalition from hell risks freedom of speech in britain. plus, is gb news darling nana akua right that a woke univers

and how typical of sir howard davies mean.shment , it's there was a creature of the establishment, it's him. with every job he fails , he gets a every job he fails, he gets a new even bigger , more highly new even bigger, more highly paid job. so, yeah, there is no prospect of a decent review. look, you know , thank you to mo look, you know, thank you to mo sayeed, who is the new ceo of coots for saying, you know, have the accounts back . and that's the accounts back. and that's good of him . and i could say, good of him. and i could say, well, that's it. that's absolutely fine. it's all been no problem at all. but actually it has been a problem because they've lied to me. they've traduced me. they have leaked against me. i mean , they have against me. i mean, they have treated me absolutely appallingly. and i had to pubush appallingly. and i had to publish defamatory material about myself , which has fed the about myself, which has fed the left wing trolls and others , left wing trolls and others, many accusations that have b

well meanwhile the future of the group's chairman, sir howard davies, remains uncertain too, as rishito give davies his backing. there's a lot going on, isn't there? >> there's a huge amount in this story, and it keeps rolling on. of course, over the last two days, we've seen two big resignations. might there be any more or might this new share news? have perhaps steadied things up ? let's talk to the things up? let's talk to the former adviser to the bank of england, roger griswold. now and rogen england, roger griswold. now and roger, this is an interesting story of twists and turns . i story of twists and turns. i suppose what we saw this morning was natwest really trying to reassure for its shareholders by by sort of offering them some of this some of this profit. i'm afraid from where i sit, it's just more gaslighting. >> just like we get from the government and the opposition. if i give you 213 interest rate rises that do nothing to kerb inflation or protect the pound against the dollar or for whatever crazy reasons i might have for doing that, when we have for doing that, when

i howard davis, the chairman.he was. >> and i think that that, you know, he needs to be certain that he wants to take the bank through the next stage , which is through the next stage, which is rebuilding public confidence . rebuilding public confidence. >> once he himself appeared to think that what went on was all right. >> well, howard , it wasn't all >> well, howard, it wasn't all right. >> it isn't all right. and it won't ever be all right unless you sort it out . you sort it out. >> so. so what do you think , >> so. so what do you think, then, in terms and when you're looking now at the parties? so we've got moving on to sort of the ulez and the labor party and the ulez and the labor party and the way the conservatives were holding on to this net zero. do you think that perhaps sir keir starmer could into problems starmer could come into problems with regard to his sort of allegiance towards sadiq khan and even though sort of said, and even though he sort of said, oh, not really being oh, ulez, he's not real

i think the chairman needs to needs to. >> howard davis. >> howard davis. >> sir howard davis needs to basis what's there. basis of what's happened there. i the moment when it i think at the moment when it comes board, who comes down to the board, who knew the policy that knew what the policy that originally all this, originally started all this, that nigel was able to expose . i that nigel was able to expose. i mean, he's done a huge public service by doing so. and it turns out hundreds of other people have been involved. yes if these on the board are if these people on the board are involved yes, involved in that policy, yes, they . they must go. >> rac that's nigel nelson . >> rac that's nigel nelson. >> rac that's nigel nelson. >> let's get the thoughts of a reclaimed party mp andrew bridgen on this. andrew, good morning. thank you forjoining morning. thank you for joining us. andrew what do you make of this ? well i think it's deeply, this? well i think it's deeply, deeply worrying . deeply worrying. >> thank goodness we've got the example of nigel farage, a man who's got a platfo

now >> now nigel wants to know why the chairman, howard davies, and the chairman, howard davies, and the boss of coutts bank are still in position . an we'll be still in position. an we'll be discussing the scandal throughout the show and we've got a very good guest in david davis, the tory mp who's a very good guest . davis, the tory mp who's a very good guest. he's got davis, the tory mp who's a very good guest . he's got lots, he's good guest. he's got lots, he's got some things to say. >> has and the >> he certainly has and the government its government has updated its travel roads warning travel advice for roads warning of and of highly dangerous and unpredictable . i will unpredictable wildfires. i will be crossing two roads in just a moment . moment. >> and the conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford mp mark francois will join us on the show to talk about a real bugbear of mine and his traffic cones. bugbear of mine and his traffic cones . his bugbear of mine and his traffic cones. his new bugbear of mine and his traffic cones . his new roadworks bill cones. his new roadworks

this morning, the chairman, howard davies, he described it as a painful period for the bank as he apologisedas been handled. but he said very clearly this morning that it is his intention to stay in his role. he has previously said he intends to go beforejuly next year anyway. he says the board was not involved in the handling of the closure of mr farage's account and he himself wasn't the person that went on to speak about it publicly. he did, though, announce an independent review into the way that this closure was handled and and also into the way that it was subsequently talked about. there is clearly a worry within natwest group about the reputational damage that has been done here. but then when you look at the financial performance this morning, it really is pretty strong, the 5.6 billion pre—tax profit, they will pay about £1 billion worth of uk tax on that. this get more on that win in the world cup. irate this get more on that win in the world cup-— this get more on that win in the world cu. ~ . , world cup. we have been en'oying ost much world cup. we have been en'oying post much

i mean, i'm very fond of howard davies . i've had some of howard davies.rman of natwest , not to tell chairman of natwest, not to tell her go to, you know, for all the good you've done in this place as cromwell said to the long parliament, in the name of god, go. and that's what she should have done. but he tried to say, he and his board that she could stay on howard , i'm sorry to say stay on howard, i'm sorry to say that shows minimal judgement and i don't see why other members of the board, including howard, should not go well. and we should not go as well. and we have clean start. as for have a clean start. as for coutts , i mean the coutts themselves, i mean the chief executive of coutts , peter chief executive of coutts, peter flavell , he never saw nigel. i flavell, he never saw nigel. i mean who the hell does he think he is ? nigel is good enough to he is? nigel is good enough to meet with people like you and me, and yet flavell , his bank me, and yet mr flavell, his bank manager, prepared to see manager, wasn't prepared to see him. this is a scand

the chairman of natwest, sir howard davies, insists he won't resign, despite the abrupt departure ofcounts of nigel farage. meanwhile, the natwest group has reported pre—tax profits of 3.6 billion for the first half of the year. the general behind this week's military coup in the west african state of niger has now declared himself head of state. general abdourahmane tchiani, also known as 0mar tchiani, ousted the democratically elected president, mohamed bazoum, on wednesday. he's now being held captive by his own guards, and was considered a key ally of the west in the fight against islamist militants in the region. the eu, the african union, and the un have roundly condemned his ousting, which follows days of unrest in the capital, and there are now concerns the new leader could align more closely with russia, as has happened with niger's neighbours, burkina faso and mali. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding joins me. andrew, just how worried should the west be? i andrew, just how worried should the west be? ~ , andrew, just how worried should the west be? ~' , ., , west be? i

the board, led by sir howard davies, said he had full confidence in dame alison rose, despite the rowjournalist about nigel farage's affairs. but alex later that backing was taken away and it was agreed to a natlacen should step down. the chief executive of coutts stepped down shortly afterwards which brought a lot of pressure to bear on sir howard, but he defended the initial decision to back dane allison, which he said was rational but that the political reaction made her position untenable. natwest is partially owned by the government, it has about 838% stake. he also insisted he would be staying on, so clarity for the moment on the day that natwest unveiled its profit figures for the first half of the year, it earned £3.6 billion, about £1 billion more than the same time last year, partly to do with higher interest rates. banks in general and natwest have been the target of campaigners who say they have been passing on the effects of higher interest rates to borrowers, charging more for their mortgages, but not passing the benefits on to say that could get higher rates. —— but not

it was this time yesterday when the chairman of sir davis, of natwest, sir howard davis, gave full confidencece in the then ceo, dame alison rose . in politics, whenever the rose. in politics, whenever the prime minister says he has full confidence in a minister, you know that that minister's period of drawing gently to a of office is drawing gently to a close. before she close. anyway, before she stepped down from that role late last night a, quote, mutual last night in a, quote, mutual consent, unquote , agreement, it consent, unquote, agreement, it was ever going be was only ever going to be a matter hours rather than days matter of hours rather than days . the diversity, equity and inclusion driven the inclusion agenda driven by the former proved itself to former ceo, proved itself to mean opposite. when it took mean the opposite. when it took banking facilities away from nigel farage. natwest is not nigel farage. but natwest is not the only institution infected by the only institution infected by the pc hysteria. unilever which pretends to wear its heart on its sleeve, has just announced

chairman of the natwest, howard davies provided a parallel statement to dame alison giving her his full. we all know when the confidence. we all know when the chairman gives full confidence to chief executive , but it seems to chief executive, but it seems to chief executive, but it seems to me that if a minister misleads the house of commons, that minister has to resign and a banker who has gossiped about the client's personal details is in exactly the same position it is the sin of banking. in exactly the same position it is the sin of banking . now i'm is the sin of banking. now i'm delighted to have the criminal barrister here, gerry hayes , to barrister here, gerry hayes, to talk to this about and the journalist and author michael crick. michael, does dame alison have a leg to stand on after this? >> not really, but it's not simply her fault . there are simply her fault. there are oodles of people in coutts and natwest who've behaved dreadfully here and stupidly. i mean, you know , we were all led mean, you know, we were all led to believe that the best and the brightest these days

on friday morning, i wondered, could sir howard davis, the self—declared chair person of the natwesthe really survive, given that it was him who had backed dame alison rose staying in post.7 but no, he said he was going to stay. but it's okay because he's announced an independent review into why my accounts were closed. what the politics behind it was . oh, and politics behind it was. oh, and of course the leak to the bbc itself . and who's he appointed? itself. and who's he appointed? well he's appointed a city law firm called travers smith. they will do the inquiry. the emeritus chair and the senior consultant from that company has described brexiteers as being a chauvinistic xenophobe phobic, racist and nostalgia . sick. so racist and nostalgia. sick. so he'll be investigating the accounts file that used exactly the same words about me. it is a complete and utter whitewash, a total farce and how this man, sir howard davis, is allowed to continue. i simply don't know what of my situation. well, the new ceo of coutts, mo, said somebody who's held very senior positions within that ba

on friday morning, i wondered, could sir howard davis, the self—declared chair person of the natwesthe really survive, given that it was him who had backed dame alison rose staying in post.7 but no, he said he was going to stay. but it's okay because he's announced an independent review into why my accounts were closed. what the politics behind it was . oh, and politics behind it was. oh, and of course the leak to the bbc itself . and who's he appointed? itself. and who's he appointed? well he's appointed a city law firm called travers smith. they will do the inquiry. the emeritus chair and the senior consultant from that company has described brexiteers as being a chauvinistic xenophobe phobic, racist and nostalgia . sick. so racist and nostalgia. sick. so he'll be investigating the accounts file that used exactly the same words about me. it is a complete and utter whitewash, a total farce and how this man, sir howard davis, is allowed to continue. i simply don't know what of my situation. well, the new ceo of coutts, mo, said somebody who's held very senior positions within that ba

and i mean, nigel farage has been calling for the chairman of the natwest group, sir howard davies , o and indeed, for the whole natwest board to go since yesterday . and let's see since yesterday. and let's see what happens, because there are quarterly profits being announced by natwest tomorrow and there is an investors meeting. so clearly the ramifications of this are going on and on. nigel farage has tweeted in the last hour or so that the resignation of peter flavell, the cuts boss, he says, was only ever a matter of time because he bears, he says, the ultimate responsible for the dossier. de banking me for my political views lies with him. and of course, nigel farage after the bbc put out that what turned out to be inaccurate story. so saying that basically cuts had dropped him because he didn't have enough money. nigel farage got 40 pages of evidence that coutts had on him and how the decision was made , and it the decision was made, and it included things like he'd retweeted ricky gervais making a joke about trans women. he's friends with novak djokovic, who's anti vax. all th

in a statement, the group chairman of natwest, sir howard davies, said...t on his show on gb news, nigel farage said her position had become untenable. it's perfectly clear to me that alison rose is unfit to be the ceo of a big group and that howard davies, who is 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, last week, mr farage presented evidence that his account at cootes had been closed, partly due to his political views conflicting with the bank's values. that contradicted a bbc story from its business editor, simonjack. he had quoted a source who rejected the notion that the decision to close his coutts account was in any way political. it was for commercial reasons, the source said. the bbc has since apologized for its inaccurate reporting. dame alison admitted she should not have discussed the case. in her resignation statement she said.. the treasury had previously said people should be able to exercise lawful freedom of expression without the fear of having their ba

will: he would like to see peter fadel step down and howard davis step down. not bet against that happening. nigel farage is well-connected, usually influential. it is a government that broadly sympathizes with him. we have not heard the end of this. this morning he was saying when it comes to banking reforms, i am just getting started. the u.k. government is sympathetic to his position. the prime minister has publicly said people should not lose bank accounts for expressing their opinions. the prime minister has also indicated there would be general reforms in this area affecting the whole industry. this is not over yet. kailey: we look forward to your continued reporting on this. from drama in the uk2 drama here in the u.s., related to the president's son, hunter biden's plea deal with the department of justice not accepted in federal court today. it fell apart when the judge expressed concern about the provision under which the government would not prosecute hunter biden for tax violations. the original plea deal was that he would plead guilty to two misdem

perfectly clear to | me that dame alison rose is unfit to be the ceo of a big group, and, that howard daviesupposed 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 exercise lawful freedom of expression without the fear of having their bank accounts closed. simonjones, bbc news. we will have more on that story in about 20 minutes in a

howard davies, who's chair of natwest, suggests rose.owever may lose her bonus . of natwest, suggests rose. however may lose her bonus. he says, and i quote, as she recognises she should not have spoken in the way that she did. this was a regrettable error of judgement on her part . the judgement on her part. the events will be taken into account in decisions on remuneration at the appropriate time, suggesting perhaps that she may lose her bonus at the bank. he goes on, however, to say after careful reflection, the board has concluded that it does retain full confidence in ms rose as ceo of the bank, the board is clear that the overall handung board is clear that the overall handling of the circumstances surrounding mr farage accounts has been unsatisfactory , with has been unsatisfactory, with serious consequences for the bank. so just to reiterate, within the last few minutes we've heard that natwest ceo dame alison rose has admitted she was the source of the information that was given to the bbc's business editor, simon jacks , about

of natwest group chairman sir howard davies .he resignation of the entire bank board amid this row over the closure of his coutts account. but interestingly , what account. but interestingly, what rishi sunak also did not say is whether he had confidence in sir howard. so olivia, what can we read into what the prime minister has just said there? >> well, it feels as though rishi sunak is sort of hedging his bets a bit because at the moment it's not quite clear what's happen to the what's going to happen to the chairman of natwest. he has had a really very much edifying week. that full week. he said that he had full confidence, those his words confidence, those were his words in rose , only for her to in alison rose, only for her to have resign sort of hours have to resign sort of 12 hours later, either because the government told her government actually told her to resign felt that resign or because she felt that her was completely her position was completely untenable. terrible untenable. it was terrible corporate judgement from

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. >> you've howard davis, >> you've got sir howard davis, who's the who's responsible for the overallgovernance of the bank. and got peter and then you've got peter flavell, is the coutts ceo . flavell, who is the coutts ceo. would he be the right person to go one of those two? peter flavell i mean he's in charge of coutts . all of this is down coutts. all of this is down ultimately to him when the whatever hits the fan should he be the one to go next? we don't want . i mean coutts shouldn't be want. i mean coutts shouldn't be behaving surely . behaving in that manner surely. >> usually it is a big name >> well usually it is a big name at ceo level if we look back at various crisis over the years such bp , you know, it's the such as bp, you know, it's the ceo who sort of fallen on their sword and obviously they've tried to do this with this bungled overnight. you bungled messaging overnight. you know, dreaded of know, the dreaded vote of confidence , which he got. and confidence, which he got. and then obviously , even before the then obviously, even before the markets opened, even th

but then at 930, sir howard davies, the chairman of the natwest group, will have to face investors .ill have to face investors. i would reckon there'll be a number of investors not very happy with his performance. not very happy with that astonishing statement that we saw on tuesday where they said, yeah, you know what.7 alison rose has broken the most basic principle of banking, but we stand behind her decision only to reconvene in another board meeting six hours later and to get rid of her. his job is to ensure the good governance of the bank. i'd be very surprised if he survives tomorrow, but this is broadening out way beyond. coutts and natwest because today barclays bank put out their figures and they had an investor call and every single question that was faced with the directors was is about banking and the banking scandal that i'm involved in this industry is starting to run scared and do you know what so it should rather than just being banks this illness this this disease has swept through corporate britain woke corporatism suddenly they're all about values. they're all abo

extraordinary howard davies is the chair chairperson as he calls himself.hat he would, wouldn't he? he's the chairperson of the whole group. hasn't said a word. peter flavell is the ceo of coutts bank, hasn't said a word , and bank, hasn't said a word, and dame alison rose sent me that letter on thursday that a letter of apology, well, let's call it, shall we, a half apology , an shall we, a half apology, an i want to get i want to get to the absolute truth of what happened here. how can it be right? and it doesn't matter whether it's me or anybody else, how can it be right that my banking status and the amount of money i may or may not have in my personal and business accounts are being discussed out with the business editor of the bbc. i then disseminated to a wider world. how can that be ethical? how can that be legal? how can that be moral ? i want to find out the moral? i want to find out the truth and i'm blooming well going to find out the truth since i was last with you, i've now put in a subject access request to natwest as well to see what they ho

extraordinary howard davies is the chair chairperson as he calls himself.hat he would, wouldn't he? he's the chairperson of the whole group. hasn't said a word. peter flavell is the ceo of coutts bank, hasn't said a word , and bank, hasn't said a word, and dame alison rose sent me that letter on thursday that a letter of apology, well, let's call it, shall we, a half apology , an shall we, a half apology, an i want to get i want to get to the absolute truth of what happened here. how can it be right? and it doesn't matter whether it's me or anybody else, how can it be right that my banking status and the amount of money i may or may not have in my personal and business accounts are being discussed out with the business editor of the bbc. i then disseminated to a wider world. how can that be ethical? how can that be legal? how can that be moral ? i want to find out the moral? i want to find out the truth and i'm blooming well going to find out the truth since i was last with you, i've now put in a subject access request to natwest as well to see what they ho

but then at 930, sir howard davies, the chairman of the natwest group, will have to face investors .ill have to face investors. i would reckon there'll be a number of investors not very happy with his performance. not very happy with that astonishing statement that we saw on tuesday where they said, yeah, you know what.7 alison rose has broken the most basic principle of banking, but we stand behind her decision only to reconvene in another board meeting six hours later and to get rid of her. his job is to ensure the good governance of the bank. i'd be very surprised if he survives tomorrow, but this is broadening out way beyond. coutts and natwest because today barclays bank put out their figures and they had an investor call and every single question that was faced with the directors was is about banking and the banking scandal that i'm involved in this industry is starting to run scared and do you know what so it should rather than just being banks this illness this this disease has swept through corporate britain woke corporatism suddenly they're all about values. they're all abo

howard davies, he hasn't gone yet.g go 2024, which is planning to go in 2024, which is next year. so he's hanging tight . we'll see for how long and .we'll see for how long and then tony blair oh, no, we're talking sadiq khan as well. now. he has won his court win for the ulez extension, which he's planning to start on the 29th of august. however however, the conservative constituencies who did not back him are not happy and neither are the people of uxbridge, because they voted against their labour candidate and the tories won. there so how will it fare for the labour party? and then blair well, he's back. he's bounced back. he's bob back to the surface again. but this time he's probably saying things that we actually want to hear for once, which is he suggesting that net zero should not be burden should should not be the burden should not us as the tax not be placed on us as the tax payers and the consumers. we'll find out more about that. as even find out more about that. as ever, you can get in touch in the same wa

natwest is failing to stem the farage fallout as shareholders turn their anger to group chairman howard davies 8% since last week . that's wiped a staggering . £1 . that's wiped a staggering. £1 billion off natwest's market cap bud light anyone ? oh goodness bud light anyone? on goodness me. goodness gracious me. okay, this is the ramona rag, the new european, which has piggybacked on this new woke movie. barbie uh, barbaric is the headline alongside a mock up of superwoman suella braverman as the world famous doll wearing an i love rwanda badge . there you i love rwanda badge. there you go. it says in the corner she talks real hard white phrases including stop the boats. this country's full and rwanda's lovely. this time of year. okay that will get a lot of pick up on social media. i have no doubt my superstar panel. back with me now, the broadcaster and author christine hamilton, the businessman adam businessman and activist adam brooks, and the former labour party matthew lazor. party adviser, matthew lazor. now now american actor kevin spacey today cleared of nine sexual allegations agains

natwest is failing to stem the farage fallout as shareholders turn their anger to group chairman howard davies 8% since last week . that's wiped a staggering . £1 . that's wiped a staggering. £1 billion off natwest's market cap bud light anyone ? oh goodness bud light anyone? on goodness me. goodness gracious me. okay, this is the ramona rag, the new european, which has piggybacked on this new woke movie. barbie uh, barbaric is the headline alongside a mock up of superwoman suella braverman as the world famous doll wearing an i love rwanda badge . there you i love rwanda badge. there you go. it says in the corner she talks real hard white phrases including stop the boats. this country's full and rwanda's lovely. this time of year. okay that will get a lot of pick up on social media. i have no doubt my superstar panel. back with me now, the broadcaster and author christine hamilton, the businessman adam businessman and activist adam brooks, and the former labour party matthew lazor. party adviser, matthew lazor. now now american actor kevin spacey today cleared of nine sexual allegations agains

annunziata has gone for sir howard davies still hasn't resigned as chairman of natwest. still hasn'tdame alison rose for obvious reasons . listen, it's the last reasons. listen, it's the last show that i'm doing until september . show that i'm doing until september. i'm going to miss you massively. leo kearse is looking after shop. thank you for after the shop. thank you for your can't wait to your company. i can't wait to see september. headliners see you in september. headliners is . next is. next >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there, i'm jonathan vautrey here with your evening news. weather updates provided by the met office as we head into a new week. we are still holding onto the unsettled theme that's been building throughout this as this area of low this weekend as this area of low pressure its way in pressure is pushing its way in from atlantic . those isobars from the atlantic. those isobars squeezing a touch these squeezing together a touch these weather fronts well

annunziata has gone for sir howard davies still hasn't resigned as chairman of natwest. still hasn'tdame alison rose for obvious reasons . listen, it's the last reasons. listen, it's the last show that i'm doing until september . show that i'm doing until september. i'm going to miss you massively. leo kearse is looking after shop. thank you for after the shop. thank you for your can't wait to your company. i can't wait to see september. headliners see you in september. headliners is . next is. next >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there, i'm jonathan vautrey here with your evening news. weather updates provided by the met office as we head into a new week. we are still holding onto the unsettled theme that's been building throughout this as this area of low this weekend as this area of low pressure its way in pressure is pushing its way in from atlantic . those isobars from the atlantic. those isobars squeezing a touch these squeezing together a touch these weather fronts well

natwest ceo dame alison rose and coutts ceo peter flavel while natwest chairman howard davies is fortaying on or perhaps just clinging on. and now, as it's revealed that thousands of britons have also faced bank account closures, ordinary people like me and you, by the way, nigel has put his consumer champion cap on, launching a new campaign this morning on camilla tominey program . tominey program. >> from the information we've got out today is that now 1000 bank accounts a day are being closed a day every single day, a thousand people, whether it's their personal or business accounts , are being closed down. accounts, are being closed down. and my concern is that rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, this week, showed , showed no this week, showed, showed no comprehension of the issue whatsoever . whatsoever. >> how anyone can not see the issues involved in this is beyond me. yeah good afternoon. emily maitlis in particular. right. so yeah, you heard that right. nearly 1000 accounts are being closed every single day as more and more businesses move away from cash free and open acce