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Government Employee Accused of Abusive Behaviour, What Will be UK PM’s Decision

  • Posted on April 21, 2023
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of delaying a decision on the future of his deputy Dominic Raab

Government Employee Accused of Abusive Behaviour:-

Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, considered the future of his senior deputy on Thursday as he read a long-awaited investigation into claims that he had intimidated government employees. An independent employment attorney looked into eight official accusations that Dominic Raab, the Secretary of Justice, had been abusive to staff members while holding the positions of foreign secretary and Brexit secretary as well as during his prior tenure in both positions.

Raab, who is also deputy prime minister, has refuted accusations that he was overbearing and treated his workers with contempt. He asserted that he “behaved professionally at all times,” but that he would quit if the allegations of bullying were confirmed.

UK prime minister weighs deputy's fate after 'bully' probe
UK prime minister weighs deputy's fate after 'bully' probe

The prime minister received the report on Raab’s behavior on Thursday morning, according to Sunak’s spokeswoman Max Blain, and was evaluating the findings before making a decision that would involve firing him. He claimed Sunak still had “full confidence” in Raab up to that decision.

The 49-year-old Raab was first chosen for office in the Parliament in 2010. He has served in significant government roles, including those of justice and foreign secretaries. He was appointed deputy prime minister under Boris Johnson, and when Johnson was hospitalized in April 2020 with Covid-19, he briefly assumed that position.

The scandal-plagued Johnson, who was removed from office in the summer of 2022 after a string of scandals, and Liz Truss, who resigned in October after six weeks in office when her tax-cutting economic plans caused havoc on the financial markets, are Sunak’s most recent ethical headaches. After three years of unrest, Sunak has sworn to bring the administration back into line and preserve its integrity.

He has, however, found it difficult to refute opposition claims that the conservative administration is still steeped in scandal and depravity. A parliamentary watchdog is also looking into whether Sunak correctly declared his wife’s ownership stake in a business that expects to gain from a significant increase in free child care in his administration’s budget.


Rishi Sunak's judgement is under scrutiny after cabinet minister Sir Gavin Williamson quit vowing to clear his name over bullying claims
Rishi Sunak's judgement is under scrutiny after cabinet minister Sir Gavin Williamson quit vowing to clear his name over bullying claims

His cabinet member Gavin Williamson resigned in November on charges of bullying. Sunak ousted Nadhim Zahawi, the head of the Conservative Party, in January for keeping a multimillion-dollar tax battle a secret.

The allegations that Johnson obtained a loan with the aid of Conservative donor Richard Sharp, who later became head of the BBC, are the subject of a separate investigation.

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