PM accused of double standards after email to staff in wake of Priti Patel case

Boris Johnson has been accused of double standards after writing to ministers and senior civil servants claiming there is “no place for bullying” in the wake of a damning investigation into the home secretary, Priti Patel.

The prime minister and the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, wrote a joint email on Monday calling for relationships of “mutual trust and respect between politicians and their officials”.

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