NatWest close branches after housing-benefit protests

Protests sparked by clause in bank’s buy-to-let mortgage agreement forbidding landlords renting to ‘DSS’ tenantsHousing activists have forced NatWest branches across the country to close as part of wider actions attended by hundreds protesting against the bank’s policy of discriminating against renters claiming housing benefit.A clause in NatWest’s buy-to-let mortgage agreement with landlords forbids renting to DSS tenants, a reference to the now-defunct Department