Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit

Dame Alison Rose, who resigned as chief executive of NatWest after she admitted to being the source of an inaccurate story about Nigel Farage's finances. Photograph: Nicholas.T Ansell/PA

The prime minister and the chancellor have been accused of “damaging UK plc” and failing to follow due process amid concern over anonymous briefings that triggered the early-hours resignation of NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose.

“There is a real sense of disquiet that political pressure has led to a midnight exit for such an important banking CEO,” an official at the City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, told the Guardian. “They should have allowed due process.”