has agreed that ukraine will become a nato member. we begin in london where we begin in london where the we begin in london where the deputy we begin in london where the deputy prime minister dominic raab has resigned from his post a day after a report investigating bullying allegations against him. it was handed to the prime minister. he had promised to step down if the inquiry found against him and in a statement he said it was important to keep to his word. but he claims the investigation hasn t been fair. we now understand the prime minister rishi sunak has asked the cabinet office to look into better ways of dealing with some of the issues raised in the report. let s take you live now to westminster and speak to our political correspondent. it seems we have a new deputy prime minister. , , , minister. yes. the new debris prime minister. yes. the new debris prime minister is oliver minister. yes. the new debris prime minister is oliver dowden. minister. yes. the new d
secretary. tell us about him. alex chalk is currently secretary. tell us about him. if chalk is currently defence minister and now in the last few minutes has become the secretary of state for justice. he is a kings council barrister so he is very experienced in the law and he was one of two or three names which had been in the frame to take over from dominic raab were he to resign. he is going to make an appearance alongside the most senior civil servant in the justice department and that is interesting because she was one of the people who gave evidence about dominic raab plasma conduct the inquiry that hasjust dominic raab plasma conduct the inquiry that has just concluded. she will be hoping for a better working relationship with alex chalk. he seems to be well liked and trusted by the prime minister. he has not been trusted with the job of deputy prime minister, that s gone to somebody who is more of a close political streetfighter and
going further than was necessary or appropriate in delivering critical feedback. he also insulting in the sense of making critical comments about the quality of work done. we have seen other references where he describes some of his colleagues work as woeful and was very frustrated with the way information was being delivered to him during meetings. that gives you a taste of some of the things that have been discussed. there is a lot more, 48 pages, and we are going through it. thank you and we will leave you to go through those 48 pages. let s you take you what we ve heard from downing street in terms of these changes he s making to the top of we ve seen pictures of alex chalk replacing dominic raab asjustice secretary and there is oliver dowden becoming the new deputy prime minister.
opponents but some of the people privately are asking why rishi sunak didn t simply sack dominic raab rather than allowing to resign on his own terms. i think also for the future rishi sunak is saying we have to take a look at this whole process, the complaints process at the heart of government. you had that brief interview with the main union civil servants and what they have been arguing all along is the complaints procedure is inadequate and that rishi sunak should have addressed this earlier and make sure there was an independent process, not one down to his own judgment. from dominic raab plasma point of view he is not going quietly so that is potentially a problem for the prime minister. he says he continues to support the prime minister but is making a lot of noise about some of the allegations against him and he will be pointing at the more
but at the foreign office he found he had acted in a way that was intimidating, and which also involved an abuse or misuse of power that in a way that undermines or humiliates. at the ministry ofjustice, he also found that the deputy prime minister acted in a manner that was intimidating. dominic raab described the work of some officials as utterly useless and the prime minister said there had been shortcomings in the complaints process which may have to be addressed in future, but it is very clear from dominic raab s resignation letter to rishi sunak, that the now former justice secretary believes he was treated unjustly. he said the senior lawyer, adam tolley had dismissed all but two of the claims levelled against him and then challenged those, claiming he had been