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Dominic Raab bullying report: Is Dominic Raab still in government

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Dominic Rennie Raab (born 25 February 1974) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Justice, and Lord Chancellor from 2021 to 2023, with a brief period out of office during the premiership of Liz Truss.

He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Esher and Walton since 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Brexit Secretary in 2018 and as both First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary from 2019 to 2021.

Dominic Raab bullying report: Is Dominic Raab still in government

Dominic Raab has resigned as justice secretary and deputy prime minister after an investigation upheld some bullying allegations against him.

The inquiry looked at eight formal complaints covering Mr. Raab’s time as Brexit secretary under Theresa May and as justice secretary and foreign secretary under Boris Johnson.

One complaint highlighted in the report centered around allegations that Mr. Raab acted

“in a way which was intimidating, in the sense of unreasonably and persistently aggressive” during a work meeting while foreign secretary.

“His conduct also involved an abuse or misuse of power in a way that undermines or humiliates,” the report added.

The report said Mr. Raab went “beyond what was reasonably necessary in order to give effect to his decision and introduced a punitive element”.