live from london. this is bbc news. the uk s deputy prime minister resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. in a bbc interview dominic raab defends his bahaviour and takes a swipe at the civil service. what you ve got, the risk here of a very small minority, very activist civil servants with a passive aggressive culture of the civil service. who don t like some of the reforms whether it is brexit, whether it is parole form, whether it is human rights reform. effectively trying to block government. astrazeneca in the latest in a string of companies to quit the confederation of british industry which is engulfed by claims of misconduct and sexual assault. ukraine military support
of very activist civil servants with the passive aggressive culture of the civil service who don t like some of the reforms, whether it s brexit, whether it s parole reform, whether it s human rights reform, effectively trying to block government. that s not on, that s not democratic activist civil servants. that s quite an allegation for people who are committed to being impartial. you re saying there s people there who are standing in the way of an elected government? oh, i was told that by one cabinet secretary and by one director of propriety and ethics in the cabinet office, which brings in the cabinet office, which brings. did you witness that did you see work that you thought from civil servants was effectively, as you describe it, activist? no, i that wasn t the description that i gave. i said that if you ve got particularly activist civil servants who either because they re overly unionised orjust don t agree with what we re trying to pursue, we ve seen a bit of that with brex