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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

Brave civil service whistleblowers give us hope for public life

Raab Grant Shapps Josie Stewart
Josie Stewart pictured sitting on a park bench
Josie Stewart, a former senior Foreign Office official, is taking the government to court to test legal protections for whistleblowers. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

Thank you for highlighting the plight of the former civil servants Josie Stewart and Raphael Marshall (Fall of Kabul whistleblower sues UK government after sacking, 3 February), and thank heavens for their allegiance to the truth, even at such a high personal cost. Their courage is a powerful reminder of those in public life who show real integrity, and gives grounds for hope.
Lawrence Sail
Exeter

• The business secretary, Grant Shapps, says he find it abhorrent that vulnerable people unable to pay their bills have had prepayment meters forced upon them (Grant Shapps tells Ofgem to toughen up over prepayment meter scandal, 5 February). Does he not find it even more abhorrent that they cannot afford these bills in the first place?
Katy Jennison
Witney, Oxfordshire

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