"UK Politics: Calls for Robust Culture in Whitehall Amid Raab's Resignation and Bullying Concerns"

Lord Francis Maude, a Tory peer leading a government review of the civil service, has called for a more "robust culture" in Whitehall following the resignation of former Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab over bullying claims. Lord Maude suggested that ministers could be given more say about appointments while preserving impartiality and raised the prospect of civil servants being able to have more open political affiliations. He warned that without change, "there will be more cases like Raab's when frustrations boil over".