a downing street spokesman said that, as you would expect, the prime minister spoke to sir alex allans understanding of the report, but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. the report that's being published by sir alex allan is obviously independent. it is a nuanced report, reflecting clearly that the home secretary was working in an at times frustrating environment. borisjohnson considers the matter closed. labour does not. it has called for an independent investigation. downing street might be hoping that this will blow over, but there may be repercussions yet. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. the housing secretary, robertjenrick, has defended the prime minister's decision to stand by priti patel. there has been an investigation, and the prime minister has made his judgment. he is the arbiter of the ministerial code, and he has determined, having reviewed all of the evidence, that the home secretary did not breach the code. we all work with fantastic civil servants. i certainly do. i know the home secretary does as well, and we're very grateful for the work that they

if that is the case, why has sir alex allan resigned?g in hisjob, and it is not precedented that ministers who have found to have broken the ministerial code stay in theirjobs. i do not know why he has resigned. i imagine you will have to ask him. why do you think? i would not like to speculate. i do not know him or why he has resigned. the prime minister has read his report and that has been taken into account, i think it is very important that these reports have been made, but he has decided on balance that the home secretary does have his confidence and she has not breached the ministerial code. i fully support him in that. have you spoken to priti patel since this report was published ? i know it is just out publicly. has she ever told you that she felt patronised in thejob in the home office by civil servants? that is some of the defensive lines we have been hearing. i am not going to reveal any private conversations i have had. but she is highly respected in the parliamentary party because of her character and integrity. she is a w

a downing street spokesman said that, as you would expect, the prime minister spoke to sir alex allans understanding of the report, but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. the report that's being published by sir alex allan is obviously independent. it is a nuanced report, reflecting clearly that the home secretary was working in an at times frustrating environment. borisjohnson considers the matter closed. labour does not. it has called for an independent investigation. downing street might be hoping that this will blow over, but there may be repercussions yet. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. alex thomas is a former civil servant who now works for the institute for government. he told me this incident has shown the weakness of the oversight system. it might draw a line under the priti patel matter and obviously the prime minister has made his decision and he has got to accept the political fallout from that, so we will see, i suppose, over the next few days whether it proves sustainable. but the questions that the process has raised, they absolutely shouldn't be ove

a downing street spokesman said that, as you would expect, the prime minister spoke to sir alex allanr his understanding of the report, but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. the report that's being published by sir alex allan is obviously independent. it is a nuanced report, reflecting clearly that the home secretary was working in an at times frustrating environment. borisjohnson considers the matter closed. labour does not. it has called for an independent investigation. downing street might be hoping that this will blow over, but there may be repercussions yet. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. borisjohnson has insisted he does not want to undermine devolution — after saying earlier this week it had been a disaster in scotland. borisjohnson told the virtual scottish tory conference he wanted policies which show how devolution can work for scotland and accused the snp of making it work against the rest of the uk. the chancellor, rishi sunak, is to change the way the government assesses big spending projects, to remove the longstanding bias that has affected norther

downing street said the prime minister spoke to sir alex allan to further his understanding of the reportons were entirely his own. there has been an investigation and the prime minister has made his judgment. he is the arbiter of the ministerial code and he has determined, having reviewed the evidence, that the home secretary did not breach the code. labour is calling for the prime minister and home secretary to answer questions in the commons on what happened, but it's clear that downing street considers the matter closed, even though plenty of others don't. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. the prime minister has insisted he does not want to undermine devolution — after reportedly saying earlier this week it had been a disaster in scotland. borisjohnson told the virtual scottish tory conference he wanted policies which show how devolution can work for scotland, and accused the snp of making it work against the rest of the uk. just because i've criticised the performance of devolution doesn't mean i want to oppose devolution as a concept in itself. of course not. i'm a former mayor o

downing street said the prime minister spoke to sir alex allan to further his understanding of the reportntirely his own. there has been an investigation and the prime minister has made his judgment. he is the arbiter of the ministerial code and he has determined, having reviewed all the evidence, that the home secretary did not breach the code. labour's calling for the prime minister and home secretary to answer questions in the commons on what happened, but it's clear that downing street considers the matter closed, even if plenty of others don't. the british government says england will enter a strengthened three—tiered system of local restrictions when the national lockdown ends on december the second. the prime minister boris johnson is expected to detail his plan for winter, which includes details on how families can see their loved ones at christmas, to mps on monday. 10 downing street says the "covid winter plan" is expected to place more areas into the higher tiers to keep the virus under control, to ensure further restrictions are not needed. ministers have also made clear that

downing street said the prime minister spoke to sir alex allan to further his understanding of the reportirely his own. there has been an investigation, and the prime minister has made his judgment. he is the arbiter of the ministerial code and he has determined, having reviewed all the evidence, that the home secretary did not breach the code. labour is calling for the prime minister and the home secretary to answer questions in the commons on what happened, but it's clear that downing street considers the matter closed, even though plenty of others don't. leila nathoo, bbc news, westminster. a deal has been reached between the uk and canada allowing both nations to carry on trading under the same terms as the current european union arrangement. the agreement covers annual trade between the two countries worth around £20 billion — equal to about 1.5% of total uk trade. talks are expected to begin next year which the government hopes will lead to an enhanced deal. the headlines on bbc news... a call for coronavirus vaccines to be available for all as leaders from the world's biggest econo

a downing street spokesman said that, as you would expect, the prime minister spoke to sir alex allanrstanding of the report. but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt says this all comes after a difficult time for the prime minister in recent weeks. this was a week when downing street wa nted this was a week when downing street wanted to move on because the week previously there had been huge disruption behind the closed door of number10. it disruption behind the closed door of number 10. it resulted disruption behind the closed door of number10. it resulted in disruption behind the closed door of number 10. it resulted in the end of the week, of borisjohnson‘s to senior aides are leaving the government, dominic cummings and lee cain. this week was supposed to be about big holiday in —— policy announcements, a green strategy, investment in the military. this has been overshadowed by a political row at the beginning of the week in response to comments on how deeply she was going in scotland made by borisjoh

the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, has resigned, following the inquiryons of bullying by the home secretary. sir alex's report found that priti patel had not always met the high standards expected of a minister. downing street said borisjohnson doesn't believe mrs patel has breached the ministerial code, and considers the matter closed. priti patel has said she is sorry if she has upset people. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. after months of waiting, a verdict on the resignation, but not the home secretary. the report said priti patel‘s behaviour had not met the standards required by the minister's code of conduct. some of it could even be described as bullying. but only the prime minister can decide if she actually broke the code. borisjohnson said she didn't. he said she had inadvertently upset though she worked with. priti patel said she was sorry her behaviour in the past had upset people and it had never been her intention to cause upset to anyone. the report also said the home office was not as flexible as it could have beenin was n

a downing street spokesman said that, as you would expect, the prime minister spoke to sir alex allantanding of the report. but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent helen catt says this all comes after a difficult time for the prime minister in recent weeks. this was a week when downing street really wanted to move on. that's because the week previously there had been huge disruption behind the closed door of number 10. it had resulted, in the end of the week, of two of borisjohnson‘s most senior aides leaving the government, dominic cummings and lee cain, who had had a huge impact on shaping government. so this week was supposed to be about moving on, making some big policy announcements like a big green strategy, many billions of pounds more to be invested in defence, in the military. we did get that, but it has been overshadowed. firstly, there was a political row at the beginning of the week in response to some comments that borisjohnson had made about how devolution was going in scotland. of course, he's also bee

why has sir alex allan resigned ? notjust one occasion. why has sir alex allan resigned?ime minister has read his report and that has been taken into account, i think there is very important that these reports have been made, but he has decided on balance that the home secretary does have his confidence and she has not reached the ministerial code. i fully support him in that. have you spoken to priti patel census report was published ? spoken to priti patel census report was published? i know it isjust spoken to priti patel census report was published? i know it is just out publicly. how she ever told you that she felt patronised in the job in the home office by civil servants? that is some of the defensive line is we have been hearing.” that is some of the defensive line is we have been hearing. i am not going to reveal any private conversations i have had. she is highly respected in the parliamentary party because of her character and integrity. she has a warm person, she is strong and assertive. as i said, we can all empathise with situations where people an extremely

the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, has resigned, following the inquirylegations of bullying by the home secretary. sir alex's report found that priti patel had not always met the high standards expected of a minister. downing street said borisjohnson doesn't believe mrs patel has breached the ministerial code, and considers the matter closed. mrs patel has said she is sorry to have upset people. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. so we know that borisjohnson likes to stand by his ministers when they are under fire. we've seen that several times over the last year. and we know that priti patel would have been a loss to borisjohnson. she is a very popular member of the conservative party, particularly among the grass roots membership. and of course for a government that is regularly criticised for a lack of visible senior women, losing your most senior female government minister would have been difficult. and of course there was no precedent if she had have been found by the prime minister to have breached the ministerial code. there was no pr

it's led to the resignation of the man who wrote the report, sir alex allan.into allegations about priti patel‘s conduct as a minister in three different government departments. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. he's standing by her. boris johnson's taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as "bullying." priti patel shouted and swore at staff, but the prime minister's judged that she didn't break ministerial rules. i asked her what she thought about the criticisms in the report. are you a bully? well, i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. and, vicki, i'll be very candid. you know, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging, so if i have upset people, that has been completely unintentional. that was not my intention. the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards found that the home secretary: despite these findings from sir ale

it's led to the resignation of the man who wrote the report, sir alex allan.egations about priti patel‘s conduct as a minister in three different government departments. a former top official in the home office told the bbc that she had been urged not to shout and swear at staff a month after becoming home secretary. this afternoon, ms patel told said that she was sorry if her behaviour had upset people. our deputy political editor vicki young reports. he's standing by her. boris johnson's taken months to give his verdict on the home secretary's behaviour, which an independent report described as "bullying." priti patel shouted and swore at staff, but the prime minister's judged she didn't break ministerial rules. i asked her what she thought about the criticisms in the report. are you a bully? i'm here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. that was completely unintentional. i'll be very candid, the work that i do here, in this department and across government, is deeply challenging so, if i have upse

adviser on ministerial standards found that the home secretary: despite these findings from sir alex allanas disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. downing street points to what they call "mitigating circumstances" — the fact that no—one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time, and that she's apologised. ms patel‘s friends think she's been the victim of snobbery and sexism. but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam. he resigned in february as the most senior civil servant at the home office. reporter: sir philip, how much confidence do you have in the inquiry? in a statement today, he said he wasn't asked to give evidence, and says he did repeatedly advise ms patel that she needed to treat staff with respect. his former department has also been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive. the home secretary says the culture has now changed. at the time, of course, — it says this in the report — that issues were not pointed out to me, we were not being supporte

he should have accepted the advice of sir alex allan.hink he has a badly wrong. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to top to us. a pre—inquest review has heard the tv presenter jeremy kyle may have caused, or contributed to, the death of one of the guests on his programme. steve dymond is suspected of taking his own life after failing a lie detector test on the show. a lawyer for his family told the hearing in winchester that mr dymond became distressed after he failed the test. the hearing continues. for anyone tired of hearing the same old christmas songs, three bin men have put out something new. ‘boogie round the bins at christmas time' has been released with a video, showing the three men dancing as they make the rounds in wolverhampton. they're hoping to bag the number one spot — with some of the proceeds going to charity. just don't say it's rubbish. keith doyle reports. lockdown has shone a light on many heroes. three binmen from wolverhampton have been raising people's spirits through the year, dancing around bins on

the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary hady met high standards required by the ministerial code. her approach on occasions had amounted to behaviour that could be described as bullying and, to that extent, her behaviour had been in breach of the ministerial code, even if unintentionally put up despite this, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. demonstrate points to what they call mitigating circumstances, they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and the fact she has apologised. miss patel‘s friends think she has been the victim of snobbery and sexism. the home secretary insists the culture in the home office has changed. at the time, it says this in the report, shoes were not pointed out to me, we we re shoes were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. peop

the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary hadtandards required by the ministerial code. her approach on occasions had amounted to behaviour that could be described as bullying and, to that extent, her behaviour had been in breach of the ministerial code, even if unintentionally put up code, even if unintentionally. despite this, the prime minister has the final say and has disagreed. sir alex has resigned. in overruling his independent adviser, the prime minister has made a huge political decision. downing street points to what they call mitigating circumstances, the fact that no one mentioned the home secretary's behaviour to her at the time and the fact she has apologised. miss patel‘s friends think she has been the victim of snobbery and sexism. the home secretary insists the culture in the home office has changed. at the time, it says this in the report, issues were not pointed out to me, we were not being supported in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you are making excuses and actua

a downing street spokesman said that, as you would expect, the prime minister spoke to sir alex allaneek, the whole resetting of the relationship government has with the civil service, that was supposed to happen, wasn't it? smoothing the waters, so to speak. is it happening? not quite, no. this was supposed to be borisjohnson's degrees that week, why was he having it, because last week there had been huge disruption behind the doors of downing street which had spilt out of the papers in a pretty unedifying way. the point of this was that he was supposed to refocus attention back on his plan for the country, to look outwards, if you like. that is why we got announcements on things like that big green strategy, things like that big green strategy, things like that big increase in defence spending, but this whole strategy was hobbled a bit from the outset by a king in the prime minister's inbox last sunday which meant he had to self isolate, so he has been doing this from behind closed doors, and this from behind closed doors, and this has also been shadowed by other political rows, so

the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, resigned after the findings of the now former independent adviser on ministerial standards concluded that the home secretary's behaviour was in his words, "in breach of the ministerial code." and, he said, "can be described as bullying," which mr speaker means intimidating or insulting behaviour that makes an individualfeel uncomfortable, frightened, less respected, or put down. what message does the prime minister think it sends that the independent adviser on standards has resigned but the home secretary is still in post? prime minister. mr speaker, the home secretary... sir alex's decisions are entirely a matter for him but the home secretary has apologised for any way in which her conduct fell short. and frankly, mr speaker, i make no apology for sticking up, for standing by a home secretary who as i said just now is getting on with delivering on the people's priorities — putting already 6,000 of the 20,000 more police out on the street to fight crime, instituting in the teeth a very considerable resistance, a

downing street has insisted the conclusions of sir alex allan's investigation were "entirely his own"esigned. 0ur political correspondent, jess parker reports. standing by her, borisjohnson says he has full confidence in priti patel and considers the matter closed after an independent report found her approach had, on occasion, amounted to behaviour that could be described as bullying. 00:05:38,892 --> 2147483051:39:34,160 with evidence, it said, 2147483051:39:34,160 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 of shouting and swearing. but that sir alex's conclusions were entirely his own. jessica parker, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent helen cattjoins me from our newsroom. this was not supposed to be a week dominated by personnel matters in government. no, this week the government. no, this week the government really wanted to move on, because in the previous week there had been huge disruption behind the closed door of number ten. senior aides had left the government, dominic cummings had had a huge impact in shaping the government. it was about moving on and making some big policy announcements

the adviser, sir alex allan, resigned. the home secretary apologised.closed", but peers weren't leaving it there. a conservative went on the offensive, attacking sir philip rutnam, the former permanent secretary at the home office who very publicly resigned earlier this year. sir philip rutnam behaved disgracefully badly when he crossed that boundary by rubbishing a secretary of state. he brought even further disgrace on our superb civil service by appearing on television. would the noble lord, the minister, agree that in future, snowflakes should be barred from being permanent secretaries or indeed any other senior position in the civil service? look, i won't comment on any individual case, but it is certainly true that being at the top of a major department is a challenging role for ministers and for senior civil servants alike. and frankly, i haven't known many snowflakes in either of those capacities. a former head of the civil service was enraged. it would have been good if the noble lord, the minister, had condemned the terms of lord howard's ques

clearly that has not happened, instead alex allan has decided to resign in his role as standards chiefant role it is and let's be honest the home office is a huge department and has oversight over a vast number of issues. whilst boris johnson has oversight over a vast number of issues. whilst borisjohnson has been a close ally of priti patel, they were campaigners on the brexit tea m they were campaigners on the brexit team together in the 2016 referendum, he may also be looking ahead to the end of the transition period which comes on december the 3ist period which comes on december the 31st and borders and immigration which she had her department is in charge of. where does this leave the relationship generally speaking between the civil service and the ministers they serve? we will have to see how that pans out, but clearly priti patel stressing things have improved recently. so they will hope this issue can settle down. but one of the broader questions as well is the process. so the prime minister being the final arbiter of what counts as breaking the ministerial code or not, and lo

in a written ministerial statement he has said that whilst the independent adviser sir alex allan hadpsetting those with whom she was working and also reassured that relationships, practices and culture in the home office are much improved. as the arbiter of the code, having considered sir alex's advice on weighing up all the factors, my judgment is that the ministerial code was not breached. later today, the prime minister will explain in detail england's return to the "three tier system" when lockdown ends on 2nd of december. gyms and nonessential shops in all areas are expected to be allowed to reopen. under the new plans, last orders in pubs and restaurants allowed to open will remain at 10 o'clock, but customers will have an extra hour to drink up. however, it has been reported that pubs in tier 3 will only be open for takeaway — while those in tier 2 must serve substantial meals, even to outdoor customers. the prime minister is making that statement at three: 30. we will have full coverage of it. swale borough council in kent has called an emergency meeting after latest figures