Former Conservative Party chairman Sir Jake Berry on Saturday called for Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab to be suspended while he is investigated over bullying claims.
Raab is under investigation over a number of allegations that he bullied civil servants in his various ministerial jobs, though the deputy prime minister, who is also the justice secretary, has maintained that he has “behaved professionally throughout.”
In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s “The Week in Westminster” programme, Berry said people facing bullying allegations would be suspended in the private sector, and said Parliament and the government should change rules to create a suspension mechanism….