British Dep Prime Minister, tenders resignation

British Dep Prime Minister, Dominic Raab, has stepped down from office.

His resignation was announced on Friday in a letter posted on his Twitter handle. CNN reports that his resignation follows allegations of bullying. 

While announcing his decision to step down, Raab explained that he decided to quit his job both as deputy prime minister and justice secretary because an official enquiry found some of the claims made against him were justified. 

Though Prime Minister, Sunak, said he has accepted Raab's resignation with "great sadness," the incident has however, dealt a serious dent on his on his government. 

Raab is known to have held a number of high-profile posts since joining the government as a junior minister in 2015. 

The review into Raab's conduct was undertaken, by an independent investigator Adam Tolley, followed the submission of eight formal complaints about his behavior while acting as foreign secretary, Brexit secretary and justice secretary.

"I called for the inquiry and undertook to resign, if it made any finding of bullying whatsoever. I believe it is important to keep my word," he said.

According to Raab, the allegation "dismissed all but two of the claims leveled against me" and "concluded I have not once, in four and a half years, sworn or shouted at anyone, let alone thrown anything or otherwise physically intimidated anyone, nor intentionally sought to belittle anyone."

Part of the report of the inquiry summised that "he acted in a way which was intimidating, in the sense of unreasonably and persistently aggressive conduct in the context of a work meeting. It also involved an abuse or misuse of power in a way that undermines or humiliates."

It added that Raab's "conduct was experienced as undermining or humiliating by the affected individual, which was inevitable. It is to be inferred that [Raab] was aware that this would be the effect of his conduct; at the very least, he should have been aware."