Government minister Liz Kendall has revealed she has seen evidence of the ‘vulgar and highly sexualised language’ used by the head of Britain’s data watchdog, which led to his departure.
The Labour tech secretary added she was also ‘extremely concerned’ that John Edwards, who resigned from his post on Friday after an investigation into his conduct, ‘continues’ to describe the alleged incidents as ‘misplaced humour’.
Mr Edwards announced he was standing down from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) because he had ‘exercised poor judgement’ and his position had become ‘untenable‘.
He admitted he made ‘attempts at humour that were “inappropriate”.
In the hours after his
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