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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Adam Forrest

Nadine Dorries faces investigation for ‘threatening’ civil servants over blocked peerage

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Nadine Dorries has been referred to the Tory chief whip by Britain’s top civil servant over claims she sent “forceful” messages to senior civil servants after she was blocked for a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list.

Simon Case, the head of the civil service, said he had reported her to both the Tory chief whip Simon Hart and Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

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