Inquiry to probe Bercow ‘bullying’

CLAIMS that Parliamentary staff were bullied by MPs including Speaker John Bercow are to be investigated by an official inquiry.

The House of Commons Commission last night agreed that an independent expert should lead the probe. It follows a BBC Newsnight investigation that alleged the Speaker’s former private secretary quit after suffering stress. Mr Bercow, who usually sits on the commission, did not take part in the decision to launch the inquiry.