Border Force chief who ‘suggested game of Naked Attraction’ with colleagues was able to leave civil service with unblemished record | Civil service
By: Pippa Crerar Political editor | Published: 2025-07-19 16:13:00 | Source: www.theguardian.com
A Home Office investigation has found one of its most senior officials harassed and behaved inappropriately towards a female colleague, before being able to leave the civil service with an unblemished record after a “shambolic” disciplinary process.
The case has caused such alarm in the department that the new permanent secretary, Antonia Romeo, has ordered an immediate review of complaints, conduct and disciplinary procedures to “ensure confidence in the integrity of the system”.
Steve Dann, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Border Force, was effectively banned from visiting the organisation’s offices in Paris in 2023 after he suggested to female officers that regional directors could play a game of Naked Attraction, the Channel 4 dating show in which contestants…
