Tory Deputy PM Resigns After Report On Bullying Staff

The Associated Press reports:

U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab grudgingly resigned Friday after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants, though he criticized the report as “flawed.”

Raab’s announcement came the day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received the findings of an investigation into eight formal complaints that Raab, who is also justice secretary, had been abusive toward staff members during a previous stint in that office and while serving as Britain’s foreign secretary and Brexit secretary.

Raab, 49, denied claims he belittled and demeaned his staff and said he “behaved professionally at all times,” but said he was resigning because he had promised to do so if the bullying complaints were substantiated.

Read the full article. At this writing the BBC is running an extensive live-blog on the resignation and its fallout.

BREAKING: U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Raab has resigned after an independent investigation into complaints that he bullied civil servants in the latest blow to Prime Minister Sunak’s Conservative government. https://t.co/PE9KgP1TZW

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 21, 2023