Damian Green’s sacking won’t change abuse at Westminster. She told the Sunday Times that only Green or his allies could have leaked the material. However, Green and his closest aides deny any suggestion that they contributed in any way to the attacks on Maltby or passed on the texts. Maltby is understood to believe that collusion between Green’s allies contributed to an article in the Daily Mail headlined “One very pushy lady”. The claims of inappropriate behaviour made by Maltby were eventually judged “plausible” by the Cabinet Office inquiry into the first secretary of state’s actions.

Source: The Guardian December 23, 2017 21:02 UTC