Priti Patel reaches six-figure settlement with ex-Home Office chief Philip Rutnam

Former permanent secretary sued government for over alleged bullying by home secretaryPriti Patel has reached a six-figure settlement with a senior civil servant following claims that he was forced out of his job for intervening in her alleged bullying of fellow staff, it has emerged.Sir Philip Rutnam, the former permanent secretary in the Home Office, had threatened to take the home secretary to an employment tribunal hearing in September. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/04/priti-patel-reaches-six-figure-settlement-with-ex-home-office-chief-philip-rutnam #civil_service #uk_news #politics #priti_patel