exonerated about many allegations about his conduct. not once in four and a half years, he said, had his worn or shout at anyone, let alone thrown anything physically intimidating to anyone, and he issued this warning. in setting the threshold for bullying so low, this inquiry has set a dangerous precedent. senior civil servants are calling for a new independent complaints process but did dominic raab have a point about the way he was treated? isn t he right that ministers cannot do the job if they are facing spurious complaints because makea is not right, the complaints we were involved in were significant complaints from individuals, multiple instances that people were complaining about, and they had a devastating effect on the devastating effect on the individuals involved. this was not some spurious snowflake, these were serious complaints.
leadership ally of rishi sunak. so he has decided to split those jobs. what s also interesting is that although dominic raab has gone, he is not going quietly. although the government would like to move on and say we have got all these new appointments, dominic raab is questioning the process under which he was investigated for bullying allegations and suggesting that the threshold for bullying claims is far too low. let s make him our next prime minister. please welcome rishi sunak. he was a close ally of the prime minister, a key figure in the conservative leadership campaign. but dominic raab has resigned as deputy prime minister and justice secretary, over claims that he believed civil servants. there was a five month inquiry by a senior lawyer which looks at eight complaints from his time at three government departments. the lawyer, adam tolley, upheld some but not all of the allegations, so at the former brexit department he said that mr mr raab.
minister is oliver dowden. minister. yes. the new debris prime minister is oliver dowden. dominic i minister is oliver dowden. dominic raab was a close ally of rishi sunak, he had been a key figure in rishi sunak s attempt to win the conservative leadership last summer and oliver dowden equally so. somebody who is right at the heart of the rishi sunak campaign and summary on the same page as rishi sunak. he has given him the post of deputy prime minister. dominic raab is alsojustice secretary and it s been decided now to split that role so that a senior lawyer, alex chalk, will now take over from dominic raab in that role. oliver dowden becomes debris prime minister. there s also been a reshuffle as well because the science and technology secretary. just to interrupt you, we are seeing pictures of alex chalk who has been confirmed as the newjustice secretary. tell us about him. mex.
frightened, less respected put down. now let s have a look through some specific examples of behaviour attributed to dominic raab. first of all, the report notes his conduct during this period of time was on occasions abrasive in the sense of a personal star witches and feels intimidating insulting to the individual but is not intended to be so. there is a lot of discussion around that point, round intent. the report goes on, his conduct was not however abusive in the sense of behaviour which is intended and specifically targeted so a key difference there. we can also have a look further down at some other examples that i ve got through here. here it talks about in a number of occasions meetings with policy officials he acted in a manner which was intimidating in the sense of
joining me now is charlie rowley, former special advisor to the uk s levelling up secretary michael gove. some of the allegations were upheld but he is clearly not going quietly. he has called the process flowed and says it is unfair. what do you make of the fact he has not accepted the findings? i of the fact he has not accepted the findin . s? ~ of the fact he has not accepted the findinus? ~ 3 of the fact he has not accepted the findinus? ~ , ,., ., ., findings? i think it s important to acce -t it findings? i think it s important to accept it was findings? i think it s important to accept it was dominic findings? i think it s important to accept it was dominic raab - findings? i think it s important to l accept it was dominic raab himself or called for the inquiry and he was very clear that if he was found to have fallen below the standards expected of him that he would resign and that is what is done. is he right to criticise? he feels, the frustration from his point of view,