Former prime minister Boris Johnson reportedly privately warned Dominic Raab about his conduct when the latter held several cabinet positions under Mr Johnson’s leadership.
The ex-Conservative leader is understood to have provided evidence to Adam Tolley KC, an independent lawyer looking into a number of formal complaints made by senior civil servants against Mr Raab. According to The Daily Telegraph, which first revealed Mr Johnson had become involved in the bullying investigation into his former cabinet colleague, it is “highly unusual” for a former prime minister to be involved in an investigation launched by Downing Street.
Both Mr Johnson and Mr Raab’s spokesmen declined to comment to The Telegraph, The Times and the BBC on the matter. It has been a week since Mr Raab was interviewed by Mr Tolley, indicating that the official inquiry could soon be closing.
