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Sir Gavin Williamson has resigned after further allegations of ‘shocking’, ‘threatening’ and ‘intimidating’ behaviour were made by a former government colleague.
The former Cabinet Office minister said he had decided to ‘step back from Government’ while the complaints process into his conduct is carried out, vowing to ‘clear my name of any wrongdoing’.
It follows allegations he sent expletive-laden messages to former chief whip Wendy Morton complaining about being refused an invitation to the Queen’s funeral, claims he bullied a former official at the Ministry of Defence and an accusation of ‘unethical and immoral’ behaviour while he was chief whip.
Sir Gavin said there was an ongoing complaints process ‘concerning text messages I sent to a colleague’ – a reference to Ms Morton’s complaint.