Home Office Permanent Secretary resigns with stinging attack on Priti Patel
Home Office Permanent Secretary resigns with stinging attack on Priti Patel

Sir Philip Rutnam, the top civil servant at the Home Office, has quit and launched a blistering attack on Home Secretary Priti Patel.

He said he had been the target of a “vicious and orchestrated briefing campaign” which he accused Ms Patel of orchestrating.