Nigel Farage has described ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose’s £2.4m resignation payout as a “sick joke”.

Former NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose is set to receive the pay package after she resigned during controversy over Farage being “de-banked” from Coutts, a private bank run by NatWest.

She quit after admitting to being the source behind an inaccurate story about Farage’s finances following a discussion with a BBC journalist.

In a video posted to Twitter/X, the former UKIP leader said: “When I heard the news I thought perhaps it was a sick joke.”