FOLLOWING an inquiry’s damning report, Western Isles MP Angus Brendan Mac- Neil has joined Argyll and Bute MP Brendan O’Hara in urging the UK Government to force the Royal Bank of Scotland to abandon its plans to close 62 Scottish branches.
Mr MacNeil said the report ‘shows how badly RBS has dealt with the situation and taken no account of the communities, many in remote areas, that will be affected’.
MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee concluded: ‘If RBS truly wants to meet the needs of its customers, it should respond to this overwhelming evidence – which shows that there continues to be a strong demand for in-branch services – and halt its closure programme. Given the recent profits reported by RBS, this is a cost it can easily afford to bear.