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Sir Winston Churchill will be replaced on the £5 note by an animal, the Bank of England has said.

Emma Soames, granddaughter of Sir Winston, told BBC Newsnight she was happy with the idea and she rejected Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's characterisation of the change as "wokery".

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