BREAKING: A formal complaint about Priti Patel's conduct was made when she was Employment Minister at Department for Work and Pensions,@BBCNews has been told. Complaint is believed to have been made by a member of her private office...
@BBCNews Patel was Employment Minister from May 2015-July 2016. Her spokesman said she was "not aware" of the complaint.
Govt did not deny it but said it would not comment on personnel issues.
Govt did not deny it but said it would not comment on personnel issues.
@BBCNews Whitehall insider with knowledge of her time at DWP said she'd created a "hostile and unhappy" environment for civil servants there by questioning their capability and undermining their performance. "I felt very sorry for people in her private office - they felt bullied."
@BBCNews Priti Patel's allies deny claims that she has bullied staff though they have acknowledged that the Home Secretary can be "demanding". A source from her time at DWP said: "I wouldn't describe her as a bully. She was difficult and not afraid to say when she was unhappy."
