Plans to replace historical figures on bank notes with pictures of British Wildlife are causing a stir in Westminster.

Leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, has called the idea ‘woke’ and ‘crackers’.

Leader of the Lib Dems and MP for Kingston and Surbiton, Sir Ed Davey, is offended by the timing:

The Bank of England says a consultation revealed the public wanted to see more nature on their notes.