Gavin Williamson told to apologise over bullying texts

Former furniture curate Sir Gavin Williamson has been told to apologise aft an parliamentary enquiry recovered helium had bullied a workfellow successful texts.

Sir Gavin discontinue arsenic a curate past twelvemonth aft sending expletive-laden texts to erstwhile Tory main whip Wendy Morton.

In the texts, Sir Gavin accused Ms Morton of excluding immoderate MPs from the Queen's ceremonial successful September past year.

He sent the texts successful the run-up to the ceremonial and Ms Morton lodged a ailment with Parliament successful November.

In a study published connected Monday, an autarkic sheet commissioned by Parliament recovered Sir Gavin committed a breach of the bullying and harassment policy.

It concluded that Sir Gavin's behaviour was an maltreatment of power, uncovering that it had gone beyond vigorous ailment oregon governmental disagreement to a menace to lever his powerfulness and authorization arsenic a erstwhile main whip to undermine Ms Morton personally.

The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has required him to marque an apology successful the House of Commons and acquisition training.

Sir Gavin accepted this decision.