The City was rocked by the dead-of-night resignation of NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose on Wednesday after ministers piled pressure on her to go in a growing storm over Nigel Farage’s Coutts account.
Her departure was announced about 1.45am following an emergency meeting of the bank’s board. She was forced out after admitting a “serious error of judgment” when she discussed Mr Farage’s relationship with private bank Coutts, owned by the NatWest Group, with BBC business editor Simon Jack, at a charity dinner.
