Rishi Sunak knew that Sir Gavin Williamson was the subject of a complaint for allegedly bullying a colleague, when he appointed him to his cabinet, a senior minister has said.
Mr Williamson is facing an investigation over a series of abusive messages he sent to the then Tory chief whip over the Queen's funeral. He allegedly accused Wendy Morton of 'punishing' senior MPs out of favour with Liz Truss' government.
The Sunday Times, who have reported the messages, say they conclude with: “Well let’s see how many more times you f*** us all over. There is a price for everything". At the time of the messages, Mr Williamson was a backbencher but the Prime Minister has since appointed him as Minister of State without Portfolio.
