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Rishi Sunak would have been aware that Sir Gavin Williamson was the subject of an intimidation complaint before appointing him Minister.

Sir Gavin is being investigated over a series of abusive and threatening messages sent to the then Tory Chief Whip complaining that he was not invited to the royal funeral.

He accused Wendy Morton of using the monarch's death to 'punish' senior MPs who were not in favor of the Liz Truss government.

The exchange of messages, obtained by The Sunday Times, concluded with him saying, "Well, let's see how many times you fuck us all over. There's a price for everything."

The newspaper said then-party chairman Sir Jake Berry informed Rishi Sunak the day before he entered No 10 that Ms Morton had made a formal complaint to the party about Sir Gavin's conduct. /p>

Opposition parties said the incident raised concerns about Mr Sunak's judgment.