A frontrunner to be the Tory candidate for London mayor has broken his silence after being blocked from making the long list, with accusations it is because of close links to Boris Johnson.
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sent out, downing street is saying this is clearly an operational problem and the mistake seems to have been with somebody at conservative party headquarters, but it is that general tone where the government has called into question, deliberately or otherwise, the independence of civil servants, that it will need to have on site and need to have trusting in what ministers are asking them to do if this policy is to be effective. jonathan blake in westminster, thank you very much. let s talk now to dave penman general secretary at the union for the civil service in the uk - the fda. dave has written a letter to rishi sunak demanding an apology from suella braverman after an email in her name blamed left wing civil servants of blocking the government s attempts to stop channel boat crossings in the past, without changing the laws. thanks for being with us, dave. you