UK: Backlash as Lloyds 'debanks' independent media outlet The Canary 'with no explanation'

UK: Backlash as Lloyds 'debanks' independent media outlet The Canary 'with no explanation' Submitted by Hannah. Smith on Wed, 07/01/2026 - 12:39 Social media users have criticised the ‘troubling’ move, warning of dangerous implications for free speech A bus drives past a branch of Lloyds Bank in London, 28 January 2026 (Jack Taylor/Reuters) Off The Canary, an independent media organisation based in the UK, said on Tuesday that it has been debanked by Lloyds Bank. In a statement shared on its website and across social media, it said that the British banking giant was "withholding a substantial amount of our money" and had "not explained why it has taken this action [d]espite multiple communications from us".