Afghans queue for an evacuation flight out of Kabul (LPhot Ben Shread/MoD/PA)
(Picture: PA Media)Dominic Raab faced fresh questions on Saturday, after it was reported that his refusal to speak to Foreign Office staff he viewed as “time-wasters” caused a “blockage” during the evacuation from Afghanistan last year.
The Deputy Prime Minister, whose oversight of the evacuation amid the Taliban’s power-grab came in for heavy criticism, was the subject of a fresh report in The Guardian which claimed that his working relationship with officials had a negative impact on Foreign Office efforts.
