Dominic Raab, UK deputy PM and Justice Secretary resigns over bullying allegations

Updated : Apr 21, 2023 15:36
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PTI

In a blow to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, his close aide and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned on Friday amid allegations that he bullied staff members while working as a cabinet minister across different UK government departments.

Sunak had been handed the independent report into allegations made by several civil servants on Thursday and a decision on Raab, who is also the UK Justice Secretary, was anticipated ever since.

In his resignation letter posted on Twitter, Raab, 49, revealed the report into his conduct had upheld two claims against him.

However, he did call them "flawed" and claimed they set a dangerous precedent of a low threshold for bullying for the conduct of good government.

"Whilst I feel duty bound to accept the outcome of the inquiry, it dismissed all but two of the claims levelled against me,” writes Raab.

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