ALEX Chalk has been named Britain’s new Justice Secretary after Dominic Raab spectacularly resigned this morning.
The Defence Minister and former Solicitor General will formally join the Rishi Sunak’s top table this afternoon.
Alex Chalk is Britain’s new Justice Secretary, replacing Dominic Raab in the role
Mr Raab spectacularly resigned after a bombshell report upheld two of eight formal bullying complaints against him.
In a blistering resignation letter, the ex-minister blasted an inquiry into his behaviour as “dangerous”.
Rishi Sunak responded by conceding Mr Raab was “right” to resign.
But he admitted there were “shortcomings” in the way the bullying complaints were handled which must be learnt from.
An enraged Mr Raab insisted a “number of improprieties” took place throughout the inquiry, which was led by barrister Adam Tolley KC.
He blamed civil servants for the “systematic leaking of skewed and fabricated claims to the media”.
And he suggested there was a “coercive removal” of dedicated staff from his private office in October last year.
The long-awaited Raab Report upheld two formal complaints against the MP for Esher and Walton – one from his time in the Department for Exiting the EU and the other from his stint in the Foreign Office.
Mr Raab slammed the adverse findings as “flawed”.
