Dominic Raab resigns: What does it mean for the Prime Minister?
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🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Raab, who was also Justice Secretary, said the inquiry dismissed all but two of the claims against him and hit out at what he called its "flawed" findings, saying it "set[s] a dangerous precedent for the conduct of good government".
On the Sky News Daily with Sally Lockwood, political correspondent Joe Pike talks about the investigation, and what this means for the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.
Producers: Alex Edden and David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:00.2 | I'm Sally Lockwood and on this special edition of the Sky News Daily, the fallout from Dominic |
| 1:05.5 | Raab's resignation. He stepped down as Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary after he was found to have bullied staff while working as a Cabinet Minister. |
| 1:15.7 | We'll be talking about what the consequences could be for Rishi Sunak, |
| 1:19.4 | who ordered the five-month investigation into these bullying allegations |
| 1:23.1 | just weeks after moving into Downing Street, |
| 1:26.6 | and who'd had loyal support from Dominic Rob |
| 1:28.9 | during his leadership campaign against Liz Truss. |
| 1:32.5 | Let's go through all of that with our political correspondent, Joe Pike. |
| 1:36.5 | Joe, great to have you with us. |
| 1:38.8 | A pretty dramatic 24 hours in Westminster. |
| 1:43.0 | Let's just start with Dominic Raab's resignation letter. Clearly |
| 1:47.0 | not happy. Talk us through what he said. Unhappy, Sally, and also interesting that it has |
| 1:52.5 | taken 24 hours after the report was delivered to Downing Street and to Mr. Rab to get a response. |
| 1:58.8 | Clearly, he is unhappy with not just what Mr. Tolly has said in this report, |
| 2:06.0 | but its implications for his career. And in this pretty long two-page resignation letter, |
| 2:13.1 | he hits out at the precedent he argues this could set for the relationship between ministers |
| 2:20.4 | and their civil servants. At the same time, he's also written a long article for the |
| 2:26.4 | Telegraph, an opinion piece setting out his views and his frustrations. So perhaps he's |
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