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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm, Political editor, and Michael Savage

No, minister! How Dominic Raab’s aggressive exit has damaged morale of civil servants

Dominic Raab
Within hours of quitting, Dominic Raab ‘had destroyed any hope that the matter could be dealt with in an even vaguely orderly manner’. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Shutterstock

If there is one impression that Rishi Sunak wants to convey about his premiership, after the chaotic Boris Johnson years and the wild 49 days of Liz Truss, it is one of calm competence.

So it was that the prime minister took a full day to study the report into bullying allegations against his deputy, written by Adam Tolley KC, before picking up the phone to Dominic Raab early on Friday morning.

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