tonight at ten. dominic raab resigns from government but hits back after some bullying claims against him are upheld. a report finds he acted in an intimidating and insulting manner but mr raab says he thinks some civil servants have their own agenda. what you ve got is the risk here of a very small minority of the civil service, who don t like some of the reforms, effectively trying to block government. that s not on, that s not democratic. well, the big question for the prime minister is, why he was so weak to appoint him in the first place? the second question for the prime minister is why he didn t sack him, and now it s left to dominic raab to resign.
today at 6:00pm, dominic raab hits back after resigning from government over some bullying claims upheld against him. a report finds he d acted in an intimidating and insulting manner, but mr raab says he thinks some civil servants have their own agenda. what you ve got is the risk here, a very small minority of very activist civil servants with the passive aggressive culture of the civil service, who don t like some of the reforms, effectively trying to block government. that s not on, that s not democratic. well, the big question for the prime minister is, why he was so weak to appoint him in the first place? the second question for the prime minister is why he didn t sack him, and now it s left to dominic raab to resign. we ll be looking at where this leaves rishi sunak. also on the programme.
here s our education editor branwen jeffreys. a small primary school like thousands of others. after inspection, it wasjudged inadequate. there were concerns about checks on staff and records of safeguarding. ruth perry, the head teacher, took her life while waiting for the report. her sisterjulia agreed to speak to me for the first time after the family raised concerns. otherteachers, head teachers, live in fear. but i ve been absolutely overwhelmed by the number of people from all different quarters who have got in touch with me or who are just speaking out. ofsted has said it is looking again at how inspections are handled, but for ruth s family, that s not enough. what i think needs to happen and should have happened already, is a pause in inspections, you know? there is no doubt in my family s mind at all that ruth killed herself because of that ofsted inspection.
cbi are going to release this report next week, bringing the former employee back as the new director general in a matter of days. but it is unclear right now what organisation she s coming back to. bear in mind given the seriousness of the allegations, the police are now involved so a lot of people are saying, it is not a given, even when this report comes out we will feel comfortable engaging with an organisation with the police investigation hanging over it. that will take months, make no mistake the future of this nearly 60 year old organisation is in serious doubt this evening. 60-year-old organisation is in serious doubt this evening. simon, thank you- earlier this year a devastating earthquake struck turkey and syria but while aid did reach the affected areas in turkey, survivors in syria have told the bbc they feel forgotten. more than 7,000 people died when the tremor hit the north west of syria, which is under rebel control and already suffering from the effects of 12 yea
so what is in adam tolley kc s report? the senior lawyer says dominic raab acted in way which was intimidating, in the sense of unreasonably and persistently aggressive conduct. it also involved an abuse or misuse of power in a way that undermines or humiliates. adding he went further than was necessary or appropriate in delivering critical feedback, and was insulting . mr tolley also says mr raab was abrasive and had described work done for him as utterly useless and woeful . a description reasonably understood as insulting personal criticism . isn t the blunt truth, when you read all of this report, that a fair minded person reading it would conclude that, to be crude, that you re a nightmare to work for? actually, almost all of the complaints against me were dismissed. and what this doesn t give you, it s a handful of very senior