Former Tory chairman Sir Jake Berry has called for Dominic Raab to be suspended while he’s investigated over bullying claims. He said that someone facing similar allegations in the private sector would have to stand aside while the situation was resolved.
He said in an interview on BBC Radio 4’s The Week in Westminster: “The way these sort of complaints would be dealt with in the private sector is you would be suspended while they were investigated. It would be very bizarre if you had someone in any other workplace who wasn't suspended pending that investigation.
"MPs and ministers are not some form of special human being, I think they should just be treated like anyone else is in their workplace." Mr Rabb, who is also the Justice Secretary, is facing a series of complaints of bullying and abusive behaviour said to involve dozens of civil servants who worked with him, with Sir Jake’s intervention increasing the pressure on the situation, the Mirror reports.
