This article is more than 1 month old The Rutnam saga has been settled, but there needs to be a lot of work to repair government actions of the past year Boris Johnson shaking hands with cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill, who stepped down in September 2020. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Boris Johnson shaking hands with cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill, who stepped down in September 2020. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Tue 9 Mar 2021 08.13 EST Last modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 08.15 EST The year-long Philip Rutnam saga, which started with his dramatic accusations about the home secretary’s bullying and briefing, fizzled out last week with the news that the two sides had agreed a settlement. A big cash sum, but no formal admission of liability from the Home Office. No comment from Priti Patel’s former permanent secretary.