Good evening. Suella Braverman has branded Coutts bank’s closure of Nigel Farage’s accounts as “sinister” and demanded that it and other banks have a “major rethink” of woke policies.

We have the latest as banks face losing their licence if they discriminate against customers based on political beliefs under plans being drawn up by the Government.

The Home Secretary blamed the “diversity, equality and inclusion industry” for Coutts’ decision to de-bank Mr Farage because his views were “at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation”. 

Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak criticised Coutts for its “wrong” decision to close Mr Farage’s accounts as he insisted banks must back free speech. You can follow the latest political reaction to The Telegraph’s revelations on our live blog. 

And James Fitzgerald reveals how to do your own subject access request to find out what your bank thinks about you.

Andrew Griffith, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, has asked civil servants to explore adding free speech protections to banking licences, according to Whitehall sources. Louisa Clarence-Smith writes that the move would mean that any bank which discriminates against a customer because of their political beliefs could have their banking licence revoked.

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Nigel Farage has demanded an apology from the BBC after it reported that his Coutts bank account was closed for financial, rather than political reasons. 

The former Ukip leader has said he will be complaining to the corporation and also said it needed to correct a story published earlier this month that appeared to have been briefed out by Coutts. 

Meanwhile, a Labour frontbencher refused to come out in support of Mr Farage over the apparent closure of his bank account for political reasons. You can read Coutts’ 40-page dossier on Mr Farage in full here.

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