No 10 faces legal challenge to PM’s support for Priti Patel on bullying claims

The Guardian says The government faces a legal challenge to Boris Johnson’s decision to back Priti Patel over bullying allegations, throwing a fresh spotlight on the prime minister’s approach to ethics in public life.

Alex Allan, Johnson’s independent adviser on the ministerial code, resigned last year after the prime minister chose not to act on a critical report about Patel.

After a Cabinet Office investigation, citing instances in which she had shouted and sworn at staff, Allan found Patel had displayed “behaviour that can be described as bullying” and that she had “not consistently met the high standards expected of her”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/12/no-10-faces-legal-challenge-to-pms-support-for-priti-patel-on-bullying-claims