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TUESDAY’S SOLUTIONS ACROSS: 6 Bligh, 7 CND,

8 Treachery, 13 Absorbent, 18 Hem, 19 Smack. DOWN: 1 Abut,

2 Pine, 3 Chic, 4 Acne, 5 Eddy, 9 Rub, 10 Ado, 11 Hub, 12 Run,

13 Ache, 14 Sump, 15 Rest, 16 Edam, 17 Tyke. week or 90% of their weekly

earnings, whichever is lower.

But, as an MP, Mr Johnson

is entitled to full pay for the

whole period. David Cameron

took paternity leave after the

birth of his daughter Florence

in August 2010.

Mr Johnson’s estranged

wife Marina Wheeler is said to

be “in pieces” that he is

engaged to Miss Symonds, 31.

CoronavirUs: paGes 4&

trade deal in June. Experts

believe the coronavirus may

also be at its peak by then.

No10 would not confirm

whether Foreign Secretary

Dominic Raab is in line to

deputise for Mr Johnson.

Two weeks’ paid paternity

leave came into force under

Labour in 2003, although Mr

Johnson, with most Tory MPs,

voted against the bill. New

dads are entitled to £148.68 a

PM ‘almost certain’ to take paternity leave

BORIS Johnson has said he

plans to take paternity leave

when his baby with Carrie

Symonds is born.

Asked at a press

conference if he would, he

said: “Almost certainly, yes.”

Fiancee Miss Symonds is

due in early summer but the

PM has a busy schedule, with

a G7 summit in the US and a

crucial meeting with EU

leaders on the post-Brexit BaBy^ Johnson & Symonds

worked for Priti for two weeks and

was in the process of quitting when

Priti took over.” The friend added that

the bullying accusations were “made

against the department, not Priti”.

Cabinet minister Michael Gove

said: “The Home Secretary absolutely

rejects these allegations.”

Ms Patel broke cover yesterday to

speak in an MI5 Cabinet briefing.

Labour MP Margaret Hodge said

she has “presided over utter havoc

and dysfunction at the Home Office”.

Ms Patel last night sent an email to

her staff saying she regrets Sir Philip’s

resignation. Co-written by his acting

successor as Permanent Secretary

Shona Dunn it urged the Home Office

“to come together as one team”.

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@OliverMilne

Ms Patel broke the ministerial code

in her dealings with several officials.

Shadow Home Secretary Ms

Abbott called for Ms Patel to “step

down” while a “genuinely inde-

pendent, lawyer-led inquiry” is held,

adding: “You can’t have a Govern-

ment at war with its civil servants.”

It emerged a former aide of Ms

Patel received a £25,000 DWP payout

after being “driven to an over-

dose through her bullying” in

2015. Ms Patel, who was then
      Employment Minister, alleg-
      edly shouted at the woman,
      told her to “get lost” and
      fired her because she did
      not “like her face”.
      A friend of Ms Patel
      said: “This person
      at the DWP only

Patel must

steP down

By oLiver miLne Political Reporter

HOME Secretary Priti Patel must

stand down while a probe into

claims she bullied staff is carried

out, Diane Abbott said yesterday.

Labour’s demand comes after Boris

Johnson launched an investigation

into Ms Patel’s conduct in the wake

of the resignation of top Home Office

civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam.

Sir Philip accused Ms Patel

of organising a “vicious”

briefing campaign against

him and indicated he plans

to take the Government to

an employment tribunal.

The PM has asked

the Cabinet Office to

“establish the facts”

over allegations

Abbott wants

independent

bullying probe

GrinninG

Ms Patel leaves

Cabinet meeting

yesterday

resiGnation

Sir Philip Rutnam

DemanD Diane Abbott

WarninG Ian Murray

Labour ‘faces

9-council loss

in local polls’

LABOUR is facing some of

the worst local election

results in its 120-year

history, a leaked party

analysis claims.

It is feared nine councils

could be lost in May, with

315 councillors unseated.

And in a worst-case

scenario, the document

says woes in the areas of

northern England

previously considered its

heartlands will continue.

Sheffield, held most of

the past 75 years, is said to

be among councils at risk.

Only Wirral and Burnley

are listed as possible gains.

Deputy leadership

candidate Ian Murray said:

“This report should be an

urgent wake-up call. We

are sleepwalking into

disaster if we don’t change.”

A Labour spokesman

said: “We recognise the

scale of the challenge.”

By oLiver miLne

Political Reporter

C ampaiGn Marie McCourt

Helen’s Law

is approved

in commons

HELEN’S Law moved a

step closer to becoming

law yesterday after passing

through the Commons.

The Prisoners (Disclo-

sure of Information About

Victims) Bill will now go to

the Lords for approval.

It is named after Helen

McCourt, 22, who was

murdered by pub landlord

Ian Simms in 1988.

He was released from his

life sentence last month

despite never revealing the

location of her body.

The bill will force offi-

cials to take into account

non-cooperation of pris-

oners during parole

requests from killers, and

from offenders who do not

reveal the identity of chil-

dren in indecent images.

Helen’s mum Marie, 76,

who began the law change

campaign in the Mirror in

2015, said: “I am thrilled.”

By LoUise smitH