Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister, was turned down for a bank account from Monzo during the Tory Party leadership contest she eventually won because she was judged to be a politically exposed person (PEP), insiders have claimed.
Sources close to Ms Truss say she was “de-banked” during last summer’s contest, during which she raised £500,000.
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