Sir Alex Allen - PM's Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards resigns

After PM upon whom the operation of Ministerial Code rests decides -despite the report's conclusion that Home Secretary breached the code - that she did not

Complete collapse of Standards in Public Life https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1329751868386447360
Laura Kuennsberg claims the report 'also makes unusual criticism of Home Office, says Patel didn't always receive support she should have from her officials'

Highlighting No 10's spin upon report

“ should be civil service apologizing to home sec, not other way around.”

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Whereas a more insightful view ( which one might reasonably hope for from BBC's Pol Ed ) was given by Nick Macpherson

System rigged in favour of Minister

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