the coercive removal of senior official. i remain supportive of you and this government. so, some really pretty defiant explanations there by the former deputy prime minister dominic raab, saying he had agreed if there were any suggestions at all of bullying behaviour that he would resign and he has been true to his word and is resigning. however, he goes on to talk about the bar for bullying being set so low as to be in his opinion a dangerous precedent. each of those paragraphs there will be picked over by opponents and supporters alike. the pretty explosive resignation letter. let us get more reaction on this. we can go live to our correspondent nancy at
mentioning right at the top here, rishi sunak received a report into allegations of dominic ra s bullying behaviour towards civil servants. the prime is the received it yesterday, we were expecting it, some kind of decision yesterday that didn t pan. the opposition labour party, liberal democrats criticised the prime minister for that delay. now, this morning, we have as a resignation letterfrom dominic now, this morning, we have as a resignation letter from dominic raab saying he accepts the findings of the report and said he feels it is important to stand by his word. dominic raab was deputy prime minister and a significant figure in the government. a significant backer of rishi sunak, the prime minister. this will be a significant moment in
report is essentially, a summary of some of the mixed views that we have had over the last couple of months. some of those who have spoken to have advised dominic raab, including senior positions in some departments, had said that his behaviour was intimidating, he could behaviour was intimidating, he could be cut with officials, he could get quite angry and dismissive of people s work very quickly which they while they hadn t personally believed, say they thought amounted to bullying behaviour. some that we have spoken to this morning said that they feel a sense of relief that they feel a sense of relief that he has resigned although whites necessarily happy with the way that he came out fighting in his response. others that i have spoken to over the last couple of months who have worked closely and dominic raab have also denied the characterisation of dominic raab as a bully. they are stressing that they felt that he was suddenly someone who demanded high standards but not necessaril
happened last and this morning? this. happened last and this morning? no, i do happened last and this morning? tirr, i do nothing dominic suggested anything other in his interview which you just saw and heard the news intention to stick by his original commitment which is if the report found them to be guilty of bullying behaviour and then, he would resign in the report did and as such, he resigned. he did not think the threshold had been met as well as the report was concerned and in his eyes constituted actual bullying behaviour and i think he probably, having at the chance to sleep on it and come up with the conclusions of the report in black and white, she decided that he had no choice but to step down in downing street and he was not being lent on, he was not being asked to or persuaded to resign but the prime minister didn t have to make a
as peace talks earlier this month had finally given yemenis hope of better and safer lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. lets return to london, and rishi sunak has received an independent report into allegations of bullying against the deputy prime minister dominic raab. he is now considering his response. letters take you to the latest from david wallace. dominic raab has been the subject of an investigation since november. eight complaints involving 2a people. let s make our next prime minister, please welcome rishi sunak! a close ally of the prime minister, he was brought back into government, including a role as deputy prime minister, when mr sunak entered number ten, but it didn t take long for allegations of previous bullying behaviour to emerge allegations he has always denied. is dominic raab a bully? are you? no.