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By Katie Razzall & Emma Saunders
Culture and media exertion and civilization reporter
The BBC has apologised to Nigel Farage implicit its study astir the closure of his relationship astatine backstage slope Coutts.
On 4 July, the BBC reported Mr Farage nary longer met the fiscal requirements for Coutts, citing a root acquainted with the matter.
Ex-UKIP person Mr Farage aboriginal obtained a Coutts' study which indicated his governmental views were besides considered.
BBC News CEO Deborah Turness has written to Mr Farage to accidental sorry.
BBC Business Editor Simon Jack besides tweeted an apology, saying his communicative was "from a trusted and elder source".
"However, the accusation turned retired to beryllium incomplete and inaccurate. Therefore, I would similar to apologise to Mr Farage," Mr Jack continued.
On 21 July, the BBC updated its archetypal article to accidental it had "not been accurate". Mr Farage past asked for a ceremonial apology from the BBC.
When Coutts decided to adjacent Mr Farage's account, helium said it did not springiness him a reason.
Mr Farage subsequently obtained a papers looking astatine his suitability arsenic a Coutts customer.
It said that to person Mr Farage arsenic a lawsuit was not accordant with Coutts' "position arsenic an inclusive organisation" fixed his "publicly stated views".
The papers flagged concerns that helium was "xenophobic and racist", and besides raised concerns astir the reputational hazard of having Mr Farage arsenic a client.
The brag of NatWest Group, Dame Alison Rose, past apologised to Mr Farage for what she called the "deeply inappropriate" comments.
She besides said that she was commissioning a afloat reappraisal of Coutts' processes connected slope relationship closures.
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