In a report published on Monday, an independent panel commissioned by Parliament found Sir Gavin committed a breach of the bullying and harassment policy.
In the texts, Sir Gavin appears to have complained that MPs who were not “favoured” by then-Prime Minister Ms Truss were being excluded from the ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
Then, in a review of that finding, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg, had cleared Sir Gavin of the charge that his conduct amounted to bullying or harassment.
The panel’s report said: “The complainant’s perception that this was bullying was reasonable, and the commissioner’s finding that instead the texts were an ‘unprofessional expression of anger’ went ‘against the weight of the evidence and is not supported by any explanation’.”
Ms Morton lost her job in the reshuffle when Mr Sunak came to power, while Sir Gavin - a former chief whip and education secretary - returned to government.
Sir Gavin was defence secretary in Theresa May’s government but was sacked in 2019 over claims - denied by him - that he had leaked details of a national security council meeting.
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In a report published on Monday, an independent panel commissioned by Parliament found Sir Gavin committed a breach of the bullying and harassment policy.
In the texts, Sir Gavin appears to have complained that MPs who were not “favoured” by then-Prime Minister Ms Truss were being excluded from the ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
Then, in a review of that finding, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg, had cleared Sir Gavin of the charge that his conduct amounted to bullying or harassment.
The panel’s report said: “The complainant’s perception that this was bullying was reasonable, and the commissioner’s finding that instead the texts were an ‘unprofessional expression of anger’ went ‘against the weight of the evidence and is not supported by any explanation’.”
Ms Morton lost her job in the reshuffle when Mr Sunak came to power, while Sir Gavin - a former chief whip and education secretary - returned to government.
Sir Gavin was defence secretary in Theresa May’s government but was sacked in 2019 over claims - denied by him - that he had leaked details of a national security council meeting.
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