Dominic Raab denied claims that he belittled and demeaned his staff, saying he had “behaved professionally at all times”.
UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has resigned after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants.
The investigation made two findings of bullying against him and dismissed the others, Raab said in his resignation letter. But he called the findings “flawed” and said the inquiry “set a dangerous precedent” by “setting the threshold for bullying so low.”The resignation spares Sunak from having to determine the fate of his deputy.
The case presented a conundrum for Sunak: fire Raab and open himself to criticism for hiring him in the first place, or keep him in the job and be criticised for failing to follow through on his promise to restore integrity to the Conservative government.
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