Angela Rayner comments on the Dominic Raab bullying investigation being extended to include a third complaint

Angela Rayner MP, Labour's Deputy Leader and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, commenting on the bullying investigation into Dominic Raab being extended to include a third complaint, said:

"The Prime Minister's desperate efforts to artificially restrict the scope of this so-called independent investigation into Dominic Raab are already crumbling beneath him.

"The drip-drip-drip of serious complaints emerging about his Deputy shows he can no longer stem the tide.

"The scope of this investigation must immediately be expanded to enable proactive investigation of Dominic Raab's behaviour during his time as a minister, including so-called expressions of concern, informal complaints and the concerning testimony of his own former Permanent Secretary. Rishi Sunak's attempted stitch-up will fool no one.

"Only Labour has a plan to clean up politics through a genuinely independent Integrity and Ethics Commission to restore standards in public life."