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a conservative went on the offensive, attacking sir philip rutnam, the former permanent secretary atsigned 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 question. my lords, under this prime minister, the conduct of the government and its ministers has been criticised by the supreme court, by the national audit office in relation to its c
a conservative went on the offensive, attacking sir philip rutnam, the former permanent secretary atsigned 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...
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the report had criticisms of priti patel and the home office but tonight sir philip rutnam, the formern the home office, has broken his silence and contradicted the version of events given by priti patel to stop says that he did warn her as early as august 2019 that she must not swear and shout at staff. he also said there were other occasions when he had to remind her she had to treat staff with respect. this issue is not going away. thank you, vicki young, in westminster. the uk government has asked the medicines regulator to formally assess the pfizer—biontech vaccine. if approved, it will begin to be rolled out from next month across the uk. it comes as official figures suggest that coronavirus infection rates are levelling off in england and scotland, and decreasing in wales and northern ireland. the r numberfor the uk continues to fall, and is now between 1 and 1.1. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. they flu jab today at this gp practice. they are now preparing to start free vaccinations for all patients aged 50 and over. so a very busy few weeks ahead. then there is the covi
the report had criticisms of priti patel and the home office but tonight sir philip rutnam, the formern the home office, has broken his silence and contradicted the version of events given by priti patel to stop says that he did warn her as early as august 2019 that she must not swear and shout at staff. he also said there were other occasions when he had to remind her she had to treat staff with respect. this issue is not going away. thank you, vicki young, in westminster. the uk government...
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but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam. ervant 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 supported, obviously, in our work, but this is a challenging department. people listening will think you're making excuses, and actually, there is no excuse for somebody who is in a senior position treating others badly. vicki, there are no excuses. i'm absolutely giving an unreserved, fulsome apology today — i cannot be any clearer about that whatsoever. but labour say priti patel should resign or be sacked. the prime minister has said that he loathes bullying and yet today, he has comprehensi
but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam. ervant 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...
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it all started nine months ago, when sir philip rutnam, the most senior civil servant at the home officeabout miss patel‘s actions, but his former department has been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive. the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary had not consistently 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 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
it all started nine months ago, when sir philip rutnam, the most senior civil servant at the home officeabout miss patel‘s actions, but his former department has been criticised for being inflexible and unsupportive. the prime minister ordered an enquiry and today sir alex allan concluded that the home secretary had not consistently 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,...
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but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam.most senior civil servant at the home office. reporter: 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 but the home secretary says the culture has now changed. at the time, it says this in the report, that 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're making excuses, and actually there is no excuse for somebody in a senior position treating others badly. there are no excuses. i'm absolutely giving an unreserved, fulsome apology today. i cannot be any clearer about that whatsoever. but labour say priti patel should resign or be sacked. the prime minister has said he loathes bullying and yet today he has comprehensively failed a test of his leadership, w
but some of this has been contradicted by sir philip rutnam.most senior civil servant at the home office. reporter: 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 but the home secretary says the culture has now changed. at the time, it says this in the report,...
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office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnamin february. he alleged that staff felt she "created fear" in the department and he is suing the home office for unfair dismissal. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports good morning. she is the most powerful woman in the cabinet, long—standing brexiteer backer of borisjohnson, in charge of the police, immigration, one of the most important jobs in the government. but since february, there has been a shadow hanging over priti patel because of this. dramatic claims made by the man who was hurt most senior official. i have received allegations that her conduct has included shouting and swearing, belittling people, making unreasonable and repeated demands, behaviour that created fear and needed some bravery to call out. he quit but she wanted to stay so the government launched an investigation into what really happened and now, months on, perhaps it is starting to become clear. one source told me that the draft report concluded way back in the summer, says priti patel had not met t
office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnamin february. he alleged that staff felt she "created fear" in the department and he is suing the home office for unfair dismissal. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports good morning. she is the most powerful woman in the cabinet, long—standing brexiteer backer of borisjohnson, in charge of the police, immigration, one of the most important jobs in the government. but...
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office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnamfebruary. he alleged that staff felt she "created fear" in the department, and is suing the home office for unfair dismissal. tonight labour is demanding that the report be made public. a decision on priti patel‘s future will be made public tomorrow. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. she's the most powerful woman in the cabinet, long—standing brexiteer backer of borisjohnson, in charge of the police, immigration, one of the most importantjobs in the government, but since february there's been a shadow hanging over priti patel because of this. dramatic claims made by the man who was her most senior official. i have received allegations that her conduct has included shouting and swearing, belittling people, making unreasonable and repeated demands, behaviour that created fear and needed some bravery to call out. he quit, but she wanted to stay, so the government launched an investigation into what really happened. and now, months on, perhaps it's starting to become clear. on
office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnamfebruary. he alleged that staff felt she "created fear" in the department, and is suing the home office for unfair dismissal. tonight labour is demanding that the report be made public. a decision on priti patel‘s future will be made public tomorrow. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. she's the most powerful woman in the cabinet, long—standing brexiteer backer...
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office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnamy. he alleged that staff felt she "created fear" in the department and he is suing the home office for unfair dismissal. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports good morning. morning. she is the most powerful woman in the cabinet, long—standing brexiteer backer of borisjohnson, in charge of the police, immigration, one of the most importantjobs in the government. but since february, there has been a shadow hanging over priti patel because of this. dramatic claims made by the man who was hurt most senior official. i have received allegations that her conduct has included shouting and swearing, belittling people, making unreasonable and repeated demands, behaviour that created fear and needed some bravery to call out. he quit but she wanted to stay so the government launched an investigation into what really happened and now, months on, perhaps it is starting to become clear. one source told me that the draft report concluded way back in the summer, says priti patel had not met the
office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnamy. he alleged that staff felt she "created fear" in the department and he is suing the home office for unfair dismissal. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports good morning. morning. she is the most powerful woman in the cabinet, long—standing brexiteer backer of borisjohnson, in charge of the police, immigration, one of the most importantjobs in the government. but...