NatWest has stated former boss Dame Alison Rose, who give up final month over her dealing with of Nigel Farage's checking account closure, will obtain a pay bundle value greater than £2.4m.

Dame Alison resigned final month, abruptly ending her four-year tenure, amid authorities strain on her place.

It adopted her admission that she had mentioned the previous UKIP social gathering chief's financial institution particulars with a BBC journalist as Mr Farage complained he was being frozen out of the banking system for his political beliefs.

She urged his account on the financial institution's Coutts division had been closed just for business, quite than any political, causes.

Mr Farage had stated a topic entry request from the NatWest Group had declared his account was "commercially viable".

Her resignation additionally adopted criticism that she had damaged the primary rule of banking; shopper confidentiality.