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Home Secretary Priti Patel facing a barrage of racist and sexist abuse on social media after allegations she bullied her staff emerged last week Online trolls have made abusive comments about the Home Secretary Priti Patel Some wrote racist abuse about Patel after her most senior civil servant resigned Sir Philip Rutnam resigned and accused … Read more
Boris Johnson’s planned bridge to Northern Ireland could end up being a tunnel, the Scottish Secretary said today. Alister Jack said the PM agreed with him that an underground link could be cheaper and avoid problems such as the huge Second World War munitions dump in the Irish Sea. Mr Johnson has previously extolled the … Read more
‘I’ll stick with Prit’: Boris Johnson doubles down on his backing for beleaguered Home Secretary in This Morning interview but reveals he has made it clear to the Cabinet ‘I don’t like bullying’ Prime Minister said the under-pressure minister was doing an ‘outstanding job’ His most senior female minister facing increasing pressure to step down … Read more
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is to tell BBC bosses they need to move beyond a ‘narrow urban outlook’ to get in touch with its audience in the shires Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will brief the BBC on developing its outlook He will warn them they need to change in order to ‘retain support and relevance’ … Read more
Priti Patel sat motionless under fire as Boris Johnson flapped: HENRY DEEDES sees the Home Secretary endure a Labour barrage By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 4 March 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 4 March 2020 Jeremy Corbyn’s yellowing fangs were practically slobbering when he rocked up at PMQs yesterday. On … Read more
Boris Johnson heaped praise on Priti Patel at PMQs today despite fresh claims she bullied civil servants. Ms Patel was seated next to Mr Johnson for PMQs as he voiced ‘confidence’ in her and said she is doing an ‘outstanding job’. Challenged by Jeremy Corbyn on the issues, Mr Johnson said it was right that … Read more
Two senior civil servants at the Department for International Development have said they were aware of bullying complaints against Priti Patel while she was head of the aid budget. Sir Mark Lowcock, Ms Patel’s permanent secretary while she was head of the Department for International Development (Dfid) said that he personally witnessed bullying behaviour. Nick … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn makes a plea to his ‘anointed’ successor Rebecca Long Bailey to make him Shadow Foreign Secretary after he quits as leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would like to stay on as Shadow Foreign Secretary He also took aim at Ms Long Bailey’s leadership rival Sir Keir Starmer More than 500,000 Labour Party members … Read more
Elderly farmers should be paid to retire so younger workers can be brought into the industry, Environment Secretary George Eustice says George Eustice accused some veteran farmers of ‘standing in the way of change’ Older workers will be offered lump sums to quit and let young farmers take over Average age of farmer is 59 … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 81,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more