Priti Patel vows to reform asylum law tackling deportation delays

Priti Patel vows ‘fundamental reform’ of asylum law tackling deportation delays on ‘human rights’ grounds and making it easier to kick out criminals as she bids to put bully row behind her Priti Patel vowed to introduce ‘fundamental reform’ to Brtain’s asylum system Pledged to make it easier to expel migrants without legitimate right to … Read more

ISIS bride Shamima Begum poses ‘real and serious’ terror threat if she is allowed to return to UK

ISIS bride Shamima Begum’s bid to return to the UK has heard that radical converts coming back ‘pose a clear and serious threat’ to national security. The 21-year-old’s case is being considered by the Supreme Court after her British Citizenship was revoked by then Home Secretary Savid Javid. Begum, currently in the Al Hawl refugee camp in Syria, … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘will demote Priti Patel’: Home Secretary predicted to be made Tory chairman

Boris Johnson ‘will DEMOTE Priti Patel over asylum crisis’: Under-fire Home Secretary is predicted to be made Tory chairman in reshuffle following bullying row Prime Minister rejected advice Miss Patel broke the ministerial code of conduct She was said to have bullied civil servants, now speculation he could demote her There are questions over her competence to … Read more

‘Life is not an Enid Blyton novel’: Allies of Priti Patel rally round Home Secretary in bullying row

‘Life is not an Enid Blyton novel’: Friends of Priti Patel defend Home Secretary’s management style in the wake of bullying row amid reports Boris Johnson will DEMOTE her in a New Year reshuffle Ms Patel, 48, apologised for her treatment of civil servants on Friday  Investigation found she bullied staff, sometimes shouting and swearing … Read more

SARAH VINE: If Priti Patel was Labour, the left would be shouting ‘it’s racism’ 

Imagine if Priti Patel was a Labour Minister – the reaction to Sir Alex Allan’s inquiry into her conduct at the Home Office would be very different.  The entire liberal establishment, from The Guardian to Twitter to the BBC, would have ridden out in her defence, shutting down any objections with furious cries of ‘racism’. … Read more

How Sir Alex Allan stormed off because Boris refused to sack Priti Patel over ‘bullying’ claims 

Boris Johnson‘s former standards tsar was a Cambridge-educated career civil servant who scaled the ranks under five prime ministers and was unlikely to stay on after the PM refused to sack Priti Patel for her alleged bullying. Sir Alex Allan, 69, dramatically quit yesterday after Johnson overruled his conclusion that the Home Secretary breached the … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Now we know. It’s Boris Johnson and his gang against the world

Sometimes it’s hard not to feel sorry for Boris Johnson. The gods really do seem to have it in for him. No sooner does he sack two infamous male bullies – advisers Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain – than along comes an official report declaring that Home Secretary Priti Patel is also a bully. Most … Read more

Eccentric Sir Alex Allan, who quit over Priti Patel bullying inquiry

Standards tsar with a taste for a stunt: How Sir Alex Allan – who quit following the Priti Patel bullying inquiry – once windsurfed down the Thames to Parliament in a pinstripe suit and bowler hat to get around a train strike Latest Priti Patel row is not the first time Sir Alex Allan has … Read more

Priti Patel stays in Cabinet despite bullying probe findings

The Prime Minister’s adviser on standards sensationally quit today as Boris Johnson refused to sack Priti Patel as Home Secretary in the wake of a report into bullying. Sir Alex Allan resigned this morning as Ms Patel apologised for ‘her past behaviour’ in the wake of his long-awaited probe into the senior Cabinet minister’s relationship … Read more

Priti Patel ‘will get written warning over staff bullying allegations but STAY Home Secretary’

Priti Patel ‘will be handed written warning by Boris Johnson over staff bullying allegations but will NOT lose her job as Home Secretary’ Report into Home Secretary’s alleged behaviour ordered by the PM in March Centred on claims she belittled and clashed with officials in three departments She denies all allegations and allies say she … Read more