Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride has stated he suspects Sir Gavin Williamson will nonetheless be a part of Rishi Sunak’s high group at Christmas regardless of the most recent allegation that he advised a senior civil servant to “slit your throat” whereas he was defence secretary.
Mr Stride advised Sky News he’s “not going to speculate on anybody’s future”, however when probed on whether or not he believes Mr Williamson will nonetheless be a Cabinet Office minister by Christmas, added: “I believe the reply to that’s sure.
“Because there is an investigation that will take some time and we’ve got to wait to see what comes out of that.
“The prime minister has made it clear that he is an necessary member of his cupboard.
“We discussed earlier some of the strengths that he has and as an individual, and the important thing now is that the cabinet, which is broadly drawn from right across the parliamentary party, works together, closely together, drawing on all the talents we have – and Gavin most definitely has a number of talents – in order to do the very best that we can for the British at a difficult time.”
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He later added: “I don’t believe anybody is unsackable.”
An ex-official from the Ministry of Defence advised The Guardian that Sir Gavin additionally advised them to “jump out of the window”, in what they felt was a sustained marketing campaign of bullying.
According to the newspaper, the civil servant, who later left authorities, stated Sir Gavin “deliberately demeaned and intimidated” them regularly.
But in an announcement, Sir Gavin stated: “I strongly reject this allegation and have enjoyed good working relationships with the many brilliant officials I have worked with across government.
“No particular allegations have ever been dropped at my consideration.”
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The Cabinet Office minister is currently facing allegations that he sent abusive messages to former chief whip Wendy Morton, complaining that he and other colleagues had been excluded from the Queen’s funeral for political reasons.
But while Mr Sunak has condemned the language as “not acceptable”, he yesterday said it was “proper” for a complaints investigation to take place “earlier than making any selections concerning the future”.
While his official spokesman earlier stated the PM had full confidence in him.
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