PM: Under fire Patel is ‘excellent’
BORIS Johnson says Priti Patel is an “excellent” Home Secretary despite her meeting with a donor appearing to breach Government rules.
After Patel met Surinder Arora with no officials present, as the rules demand, Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds demanded she make a statement to Parliament over the affair.
In a letter, he noted her sacking from the Cabinet over undisclosed meetings in 2017, when she admitted her “actions fell below... high standards expected”.
It is understood Patel declared the lunch date to her private office.
Asked yesterday whether she had done anything wrong, Johnson said: “No. She’s doing an excellent job as Home Secretary.”