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Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel during a members rally held at property marketing agency, Think BDW, Colchester, while on the General Election campaign trail, last December
PRITI PATEL denied “false” claims by anonymous intelligence agency chiefs today that she can’t be trusted with confidential information in the latest battle between the Tories and the civil service.
The home secretary spoke out against anonymous claims made in The Times that she has been refused sensitive documents and that senior civil servants have no confidence in her ability for the job.
The anonymous accusations also claim that she bullies her staff and that she is trying to remove Sir Philip Putnam, who is the most senior Home Office official.
The British government won’t confirm wide reports it has withheld intelligence sharing with the US over fears Trump’s attacks on boats near Venezuela are illegal, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII
