Geidt had no option but to go, says predecessor

ETHICS adviser Lord Geidt would not have taken the decision to resign lightly but was left in a position where he felt he had no other choice, his predecessor in the role has said.

- Lucy Johnston

Lord Geidt quit last week, explaining he had been asked to advise on an issue, thought to relate to trade tariffs on steel, which he believed would amount to a "deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code".

He wrote in his resignation letter: "This request has placed me in an impossible and odious position."