Sunak Deputy Raab Quits After Probe Flags Abrasive Behavior
- Civil servant complaints bring down premier’s close ally
- Fallen minister criticizes ‘dangerous precedent’ set by case
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UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigned after an independent investigation criticized his treatment of civil servants, the result of a months-long saga that cost Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a key ally and undermined his pledge to restore professionalism to the government.
The report Friday found that Raab was abrasive, aggressive and intimidating toward non-political officials during previous stints leading government departments. During one incident while serving as foreign secretary between 2019 and 2021, he was found to have behaved in a way that “involved an abuse or misuse of power in a way that undermines or humiliates.”