Cabinet Office to investigate Priti Patel bullying claims
Gove tells MPs government will not set up fully independent inquiry into allegations Patel breached ministerial code
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The Cabinet Office is to launch an inquiry into explosive claims that Priti Patel lied and bullied officials in several government departments, Michael Gove has told MPs.
The de facto deputy prime minister said the government would not set up a fully independent inquiry after Sir Philip Rutnam quit as permanent secretary of the Home Office.
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