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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/p>\nDominic Raab’s future is set to be decided with publication of the long-expected report into claims of bullying by the Justice Secretary.<\/p>\n
The Cabinet Office\u2019s propriety and ethics team is reportedly braced for a potential “bombshell” dossier to land imminently, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak then having to decide whether to sanction his Deputy Prime Minister should the report find him guilty.<\/p>\n
The Guardian is claiming that senior Ministry of Justice officials are threatening to quit if Mr Raab is cleared of allegations that he bullied and belittled staff, driving some to tears or causing them to be sick before meetings.<\/p>\n
It quotes a Whitehall source as saying the findings by Adam Tolley KC could be passed to Mr Sunak as soon as today (Thursday April 20).<\/p>\n
The inquiry has heard from more than two dozen complainants, with Mr Raab consistently denying any bullying of civil servants, including some in senior roles.<\/p>\n
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The Guardian reports a senior official in the Justice Department as saying: \u201cIf he stays in the department, senior people will want to walk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another claimed that several senior colleagues would look for new jobs but stop short of quitting on the spot.<\/p>\n
The Guardian says that internal briefings have been prepared on how to handle the moment when the report, which has been nearly five months in the making, finally drops.<\/p>\n
Mr Sunak, who hosted a gala dinner in Belfast last night (Wednesday April 19), is expected to receive the report and make a decision on the justice secretary\u2019s future within hours. The report will then be made public alongside his decision.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister could also face questions about what he knew and when, with officials saying that senior civil servants warned him of \u201cissues\u201d about Mr Raab\u2019s behaviour before he appointed him as his deputy.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> Senior Tories are said to want any decision on Mr Raab\u2019s future to be made as far in advance of the May local elections as possible.<\/p>\n Among those who have been interviewed or given written evidence to the inquiry are three Whitehall permanent secretaries \u2014 Antonia Romeo, the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Simon McDonald, a former permanent undersecretary at the Foreign Office, and Philip Rycroft, a former permanent secretary at the now-disbanded Department for Exiting the European Union.<\/p>\n Mr McDonald allegedly spoke to Mr Raab on several occasions about how he treated staff in his private office and during meetings.<\/p>\n An entry in the register of ministerial interests shows that Mr Raab paid for his own legal team to defend him.<\/p>\n He was not entitled to taxpayer-funded legal support like that given to Boris Johnson, who was handed around \u00a3222,000 of public funds to prepare for his privileges committee investigation.<\/p>\n A separate report into the conduct of BBC chairman Richard Sharp is expected in the middle of next week.<\/p>\n He was recommended for the job by Mr Johnson but failed to reveal during his application that he had allegedly helped an acquaintance arrange a \u00a3800,000 personal loan facility for the former prime minister.<\/p>\n
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