NatWest chair quitting over Coutts row would not be ‘helpful’, says City minister

Andrew Griffith backs Sir Howard Davies staying in post after resignations of chief executive and head of private banking arm

The City minister has said it would not be helpful" for the NatWest chairman to quit as a result of the crisis over Nigel Farage's Coutts bank account.

Andrew Griffith said Sir Howard Davies' resignation would not alleviate the situation, with NatWest having already lost its chief executive, Dame Alison Rose, and Peter Flavel, the head of Coutts, its private banking arm.