Rishi Sunak says no further action against Spencer over Ghani sacking

Prime minister makes announcement after official inquiry criticises but clears minister of breaching rules

Rishi Sunak has said he will take no further action against the minister Mark Spencer after an official investigation criticised the former chief whip but cleared him of breaching the rules over his sacking of Conservative colleague Nusrat Ghani.

Ghani, the MP for East Sussex who was sacked as a transport minister during the February 2020 reshuffle, claimed Spencer, then chief whip, linked her dismissal to her “Muslimness” that was “making colleagues uncomfortable”. She said she was warned her career would be “destroyed” if she tried to complain.

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