UK deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation

By BRIAN MELLEY and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has resigned after an independent investigation into complaints that he bullied civil servants. Raab quit Friday, the day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received findings into formal complaints about Raab, who was also justice secretary. Some of the complaints covered a previous stint in that office, as well as his time as foreign secretary and Brexit secretary. Raab denied the allegations but said he quit because he had vowed to do so if bullying complaints were substantiated. An attorney found Raab was intimidating and was unreasonably and persistently aggressive. Oliver Dowden has replaced Raab as deputy prime minister, while Alex Chalk was named justice secretary.