Zara Mohammed, secretary general of the MCB, said: 'We urge for an impartial review that not only addresses the mechanisms behind bank account closures but also examines why British Muslims are disproportionately affected by this issue.'Ī by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West offers Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party the perfect opportunity to re-establish its electoral credentials in Scotland. The group called for a comprehensive review of banking practices, 'scrutinising internal decisions leading to account closures and denial of services'.
It added: 'This practice has persisted without any meaningful action from successive governments.' The MCB said it used the correspondence to highlight 'the recurring issue of banks withdrawing services from British Muslims over the past decade without adequate transparency and recourse for those affected'. The body has written to senior politicians - including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey - to call for banking rights to be protected. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said people and organisations in the community were being 'disproportionately affected by this issue', leaving the group with 'deep concerns'. British Muslims are having their bank accounts closed 'without adequate transparency and recourse', representatives have claimed.
