Civil service union accuses former minister of ‘trivialising’ allegations against deputy prime minister
has said “we mustn’t be too snowflakey” about bullying allegations levelled against the deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab.over alleged bullying, covering his spells at the Ministry of Justice, Foreign Office and the Brexit department.
Officials close to the inquiry are said to have been shocked by some of the claims that have emerged, including individuals being physically sick before meetings, regularly in tears and, in more than one case, left feeling suicidal as a result of the alleged behaviour. “We have to be slightly careful around the bullying allegations but also we mustn’t be too snowflakey about it,” he said. “People need to be able to say this job has not been done well enough and needs to be done better.
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