Several ministers in Rishi Sunak’s government ‘have bullied civil servants’, says FDA union chair Dave Penman | Politics News

The head of the civil servants union told Sky News that some incumbent government ministers had “bullied employees”.

Dave Penman, FDA union president, said there were concerns about the conduct of other ministers as deputy prime minister Dominic Raab faced allegations of staff bullying.

He said civil servants do not raise formal complaints because they do not feel they will be taken seriously due to the way the complaints system works.

Sky News’ Kay Burley asked to confirm whether civil servants had told the union that some ministers in Rishi Sunak’s government had behaved inappropriately with them, Mr Penman said: “Yes.”

And when asked if the behavior was bullying, he said yes.

He added that it was not only the current government that bullying happened, but said it was a recurring problem, with civil servants abandoning the behavior of ministers because they felt there was nothing they could do. with that.

“There are concerns raised about some of the ministers, which is basically something that happens all the time in government,” Mr. Penman said.

“It’s not just this government. It’s every government. You know, there are dozens of ministers and stressful situations.

“And so at any given moment you’re bound to run into a situation where there are concerns about the conduct of ministers. That’s why what you’re seeing isn’t just about Dominic Raab.”

Over the past week, Mr. Raab has faced charges of bullying public officials.

Mr. Sunak said there were no formal complaints against his deputy.