Raab now facing a ‘raft’ of allegations

DOMINIC Raab is facing “a raft” of senior civil servants coming forward to lodge more bullying complaints against him.

The UK Justice Secretary is facing fresh questions over his conduct, as several of his former staff are said to be preparing to file formal complaints.

The move is a co-ordinated effort by “a raft of senior civil servants in multiple government departments” to lodge concerns over Mr Raab’s behaviour, including a number of private secretaries, BBC Newsnight reported.

Meanwhile, the programme said it had heard allegations that the Cabinet minister used his personal email account for UK Government business at two different departments, as recently as last year.

Liberal Democrat chief whip Wendy

Chamberlain demanded an investigation after it also emerged Mr Raab had used his personal email account for Government business.

Allies of the Justice Secretary insisted there were no breaches of the ministerial code because he copied in an appropriate Government email address when required by the guidance.

They also argued he was using his personal account just to approve tweets and quotes with his team at short notice, and for political material.

But Ms Chamberlain said: “The public deserve answers, not more cover-ups.

“The Deputy Prime Minister cannot be relaxed about national security, especially at a time when Britain’s enemies are stepping up their cyber attacks.

“It is only right and proper the Cabinet Office investigate these reports and determine immediately if overseas enemies could have seen national secrets sent by Dominic Raab.”

Senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC was appointed by PM Rishi Sunak to look into two formal complaints of bullying.