welcome to bbc news. we start with a huge political sotry here in the uk, where the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, has been forced to resign. wherever you re watching, this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult or domineering bosses. the investigation into the bullying allegations has been going on for months and a report was given to the prime minister, rishi sunak yesterday. in his resignation letter today, dominic raab claimed the inquiry hadn t been fair, calling it kafka esque, and saying the threshold for bullying was now so low, it would encourage spurious complaints, against ministers. let s go straight to our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart, live at westminster. talk live at westminster. about a reluctant resignation. that s talk about a reluctant resignation. that s right. dominic raab had pledged to stand down if this independent report upheld complaints of bullying against him
welcome to bbc news in the next 60 minutes we ll have the very latest on that big breaking story here in the uk the resignation of the deputy prime minister. wherever it is that you re watching this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult and domineering bosses. raab s first interview the reaction the key details of the inquiry the questions still swirling around rishi sunak. we ll also keep an eye internationally on the fighting in sudan as a second ceasefire collapses, and a third is being talked about. but let s start with that huge political story at westminster. because political story at westminster. the exclusive interv this because the exclusive interview done this afternoon dominic raab speaking exclusively to chris mason about the reasons behind his resignation. the now ex deputy prime minister has some forthright views about the civil service. is this a stitch up? i would not describe that way i discuss
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