7 important things you might have missed from the Dominic Raab bullying report

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the inquiry dismisses Mr Raab’s claim out of hand, noting that Sir Philip’s “evidence was convincing and I do not think that he had any good reason to make up such a conversation”. Nor did I consider that any ‘banging’ of the table was such as would be likely to cause alarm.” 3) Raab tried to stop the inquiry looking into some of the complaints Dominic Raab made “written representations” to the inquiry to try and stop it looking into some of the complaints, the report notes. The author of the report then dryly states: “It seems to me that these contentions go significantly further than necessary for the purpose of the conduct of a fair investigation of this kind.” The deputy prime minister also unsuccessfully argued that only the formal complaints made through the three government departments he worked for could be looked at the inquiry, an argument that was rejected. “Some of the individuals concerned with the MoJ Additional Complaints acknowledged that if the DPM had behaved previously as he has more recently behaved, there would have been no valid grounds for complaint.” But the inquiry says that deputy prime minister “should have altered his approach earlier, and in particular after certain concerns had been flagged by Sir Philip Barton and Antonia Romeo”, the two permanent secretaries at the departments he led.