West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady has refused to condemn her friend Sir Philip Green despite fresh allegations.

The Baroness said she would not be resigning as chairman of Taveta Investments – which owns Sir Philip’s Arcadia Group – asking a reporter, ‘Why should I?’

The comments were made outside her £3million Knightsbridge home and are her first public comments on the scandal since it broke three months ago.

She refused to speak to a reporter from The Sunday Telegraph but made her views clear by saying the claims against Sir Philip had been ‘denied’.

The newspaper sent her a written list of questions, which included asking for her opinion on non-disclosure agreements used to silence the mogul’s alleged victims.

Baroness Brady’s agent issued a statement to the Daily Telegraph last week saying: ‘You want Baroness Brady to resign from Taveta but she feels a real sense of duty to the 20,000 people who work there, one of which is her daughter, to remain in post. I hope you would agree that walking away is the easy thing to do – staying in the role and ensuring the company is robust going forward is much harder. She has made significant and lasting changes to the business since she became chairman and will continue to do so, ensuring that the company maintains the standards expected of it.’