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Standards tsar with a taste for a stunt: How Sir Alex Allan – who quit following the Priti Patel bullying inquiry – once windsurfed down the Thames to Parliament in a pinstripe suit and bowler hat to get around a train strike Latest Priti Patel row is not the first time Sir Alex Allan has … Read more
The Prime Minister’s adviser on standards sensationally quit today as Boris Johnson refused to sack Priti Patel as Home Secretary in the wake of a report into bullying. Sir Alex Allan resigned this morning as Ms Patel apologised for ‘her past behaviour’ in the wake of his long-awaited probe into the senior Cabinet minister’s relationship … Read more
Priti Patel ‘broke ministerial code with her behaviour towards staff’ according to leaked bullying investigation but ‘will NOT lose her job as Home Secretary’ with Boris Johnson handing her a WRITTEN WARNING Report into Home Secretary’s alleged behaviour ordered by the PM in March Centred on claims she belittled and clashed with officials in three … Read more
Ex-MI5 chief says Boris Johnson should publish report into Priti Patel bullying claims after her top civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam resigned Lord Evans believes Boris Johnson should publish investigation into Priti Patel Ms Patel was investigated by Cabinet Office over claims of bullying of officials Topp civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam resigned earlier this … Read more
Priti Patel warns police chiefs they must uphold freedom of speech adding it is the ‘cornerstone of democracy’ after probe into Darren Grimes interview with David Starkey Home Secretary told police chiefs that ‘we must all defend’ freedom of speech Comments come after Scotland Yard dropped its ‘race hate’ probe into interview David Starkey claimed … Read more
Priti Patel today ordered police chiefs to ramp up their enforcement of coronavirus restrictions as she warned the rule-breaking minority must not be allowed to ‘endanger’ the ‘law-abiding majority’. The Home Secretary acknowledged that police officers have been ‘working flat out’ during the pandemic. But she said the Government had provided forces with more resources … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel will order police to stop protests involving more than TWO people during lockdown Home Secretary Priti Patel is said to have briefed chief constables on the rules Some senior officers worry the move is too oppressive for a liberal society One barrister is concerned that the move could breach human rights … Read more
Priti Patel inspected new police recruits in Essex today as she said the Government’s push to hire 20,000 officers by 2023 is ‘well on track’. The Home Secretary surveyed the latest round of officers to pass out at the force’s Chelmsford headquarters. With a poppy pinned to her jacket, the Tory minister smiled as she … Read more
Priti Patel ‘wants to increase counter-espionage powers’ of ‘Britain’s FBI’ to tackle threat of Russian and Chinese spies in Britain Priti Patel wants to give National Crime Agency greater powers to tackle spying Thousands of spies from the likes of Russia and China are thought to be in Britain Home Office insists no formal decision … Read more
Priti Patel shrugs off attack by lawyers and brands their reaction to her criticisms ‘ridiculous’ More than 800 former judges and legal figures signed a letter calling on the Home Secretary and Boris Johnson, to apologise for their ‘hostility’ They have described lawyers who seek to frustrate Government policy as ‘activists’ and ‘Lefties’ Miss Patel’s … Read more