Report's key findings at a glance

Dominic Raab has resigned arsenic justness caput and lawman premier curate aft a long-awaited study into allegations of bullying against colleagues.

The inquiry, commissioned by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak successful November, looked astatine 8 ceremonial complaints covering Mr Raab's clip arsenic Brexit caput nether Theresa May, and arsenic justness caput and overseas caput nether Boris Johnson.

In narration to 1 complaint, the study recovered that Mr Raab had acted successful an "intimidating" mode during his clip arsenic overseas secretary, with behaviour which progressive an "abuse oregon misuse of power".

He added that "in mounting the threshold for bullying truthful low, this enquiry has acceptable a unsafe precedent".

Key findings from the report

Here are immoderate of the important findings from Adam Tolley KC's inquiry, successful narration to circumstantial allegations.

The study looked astatine Mr Raab's clip arsenic overseas caput - a presumption helium held from 2019 to 2021.

One ailment is centred astir Mr Raab's effect to a enactment task undertaken by civilian servants.

The study concluded that during a enactment gathering Mr Raab acted "in a mode which was intimidating, successful the consciousness of unreasonably and persistently aggressive".

"His behaviour besides progressive an maltreatment oregon misuse of powerfulness successful a mode that undermines oregon humiliates," the study added.

The study said Mr Raab went "beyond what was reasonably indispensable successful bid to springiness effect to his determination and introduced a punitive element".

As justness secretary, Mr Raab acted successful an "intimidating" mode erstwhile delivering captious feedback connected enactment connected a fig of occasions, the study found.

The study cites 1 illustration wherever Mr Raab described immoderate enactment arsenic "utterly useless" and "woeful".

"He complained astir the lack of what helium referred to arsenic 'basic information' oregon 'the basics', astir 'obstructiveness' connected the portion of officials whom helium perceived to beryllium resistant to his policies," the study said.

The study concluded that his behaviour was "abrasive" connected immoderate occasions which "feels intimidating oregon insulting to the idiosyncratic but is not intended to beryllium so".

His behaviour was not "abusive" and behaviour was not "intended and specifically targeted", it added.

The study recovered nary grounds to suggest immoderate maltreatment oregon misuse of powerfulness pursuing a ailment made astir his clip arsenic Brexit secretary.

"The lawman premier minister's behaviour cannot beryllium characterised arsenic offensive, malicious oregon insulting," the study said.

"It was experienced arsenic intimidating, successful the consciousness of excessively demanding. I could not marque a uncovering arsenic to whether it was successful information intimidating successful this sense.

"He did not cognize and could not reasonably person been alert of what is said to person been the interaction of his behaviour connected definite individuals."