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Nigel Farage: The FCA has a ‘radical political agenda’

The leader of Reform UK wants to shift powers away from the markets watchdog and towards Threadneedle Street

The FCA is ‘not doing a good job’, Farage tells FN
The FCA is ‘not doing a good job’, Farage tells FN Photo: Darren Staples/Getty Images

Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, has accused the markets watchdog of having a “radical political agenda” as he bids to overhaul how the City is regulated.

Farage, a former metals trader, first locked horns with the Financial Conduct Authority last year after he was ‘debanked’ by Coutts.

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