PM is not thought to have asked his deputy to go despite bullying inquiry finding that he engaged in ‘abuse or misuse of power’

Dominic Raab was forced to quit as deputy prime minister on Friday after Rishi Sunak begrudgingly accepted an official inquiry that found his close ally bullied civil servants by acting in an intimidating and aggressive manner.

A five-month investigation by a leading employment barrister found that Raab, as foreign secretary, had engaged in “abuse or misuse of power” to undermine or humiliate staff. He was “intimidating and insulting” in meetings at the Ministry of Justice.

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