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Many of the papers reflect the pressure on Dame Alison Rose to quit last night – before it emerged that she’d agreed to step down.
The Times quotes three cabinet ministers saying she “has no integrity”, has “obfuscated at every turn” and “hasn’t understood from the outset just how serious” the situation is. One tells the paper the bank’s entire board “has to go if it wants to defend her”.
That sentiment is echoed by one City boss, who tells the Daily Telegraph that “it’s ridiculous” that the board backed her, saying Dame Alison broke “the cardinal rule of banking”.
In its leader column, the Daily Mail says client confidentiality is a “fundamental tenet of banking” and demands an “unexpurgated explanation” of what’s happened. It finishes with the question: “Can banks be trusted with our money?”
The FT reports that the government is planning to overhaul green targets for landlords in an attempt to ease the strain on the housing market. A Whitehall official tells the paper that the rules around energy performance certificates need “fundamental reform”.