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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique, Aubrey Allegretti and Pippa Crerar

Afghans died because of Raab’s delay in reviewing documents, officials told

Dominic Raab
Dominic Raab Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

A meeting of Ministry of Justice officials at which Dominic Raab’s conduct was discussed was told “people had died” in the Afghanistan evacuation because of his refusal to review documents in formats which he did not like, the Guardian has been told.

Raab, who was formerly foreign secretary but was recently reappointed as justice secretary and deputy prime minister, is the subject of an investigation into bullying allegations, first revealed by the Guardian. They have led to Rishi Sunak’s judgment being called into question for bringing him back into the cabinet.

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