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Top Tory calls for 'urgent' probe into HSBC freezing savings to appease Beijing

Daily Mail Money · 16 August 2026 at 07:21

Top Tory calls for 'urgent' probe into HSBC freezing savings to appease Beijing

Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel said the bank's denial of withdrawal requests was 'wholly wrong' and was being done to 'appease Beijing'.

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Top Tory calls for 'urgent' probe into HSBC freezing savings to appease Beijing

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