Home Secretary Priti Patel broke rules on ministers' behaviour, according to a draft report, it was claimed today. The Cabinet Minister, 48, has always denied claims of bullying and her spokesman said there have never been formal complaints against her.
But a draft investigation completed over the summer found she had breached the ministerial code, the BBC said. Ms Patel has been a minister in four Whitehall departments: the Treasury, Home Office, the Department of Work and Pensions and the now-defunct Department for International Development.
The Cabinet Office launched an inquiry into allegations about her conduct after the Home Office's top civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam resigned in February.