Ministers should have the ability to "robustly" problem civil servants, Downing Street has insisted, because it denied Rishi Sunak had been made conscious of casual issues about Steve Barclay's conduct.The well being secretary has turn into the most recent member of the prime minister's cupboard to face bullying allegations, with officers from his division reportedly having spoken privately of "bad behaviour". Mr Barclay has not commented publicly however allies "totally deny" the claims.Politics reside: Government wins court docket case to cease day of nurses' strikeAnd on Thursday, the prime minister's official spokesman stated Mr Sunak had not been made conscious of any complaints in regards to the well being secretary's behaviour. He stated there are "established processe...

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Humza Yousaf has branded Scottish Tory chief Douglas Ross a 'hypocrite' for refusing to disclose his social gathering's membership numbers.The SNP chief hit again at Mr Ross throughout First Minister's Questions on Thursday over the Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco. The Inverclyde yard was nationalised in 2019 when issues with the Glen Sannox and as-yet-unnamed Hull 802 had been found.The ferries are already 5 years late and estimated prices have ballooned to £293m from an preliminary price range of £97m.Scotland's auditor common, Stephen Boyle, instructed parliament's Public Audit Committee earlier within the day that "it would be folly to suggest that is a reliable figure that will be spent to deliver the vessels at this stage". Mr Ross acknowledged: "Only a party that bought...