Will Rishi Sunak sack Dominic Raab over report into bullying claims?

The conclusion of the long-awaited inquiry is set to land on Sunak’s desk. Adam Forrest takes a look at the big decision facing the PM

Deputy prime minister and justice secretary Dominic Raab (PA)

Dominic Raab won’t have enjoyed his Easter break very much. The deputy prime minister has been nervously awaiting the outcome of the independent investigation into allegations that he bullied government staff.

Mr Raab’s political future at the heart of government now hangs on the report by Adam Tolley KC, the independent lawyer tasked by Rishi Sunak to examine a flurry of formal complaints made by civil servants.

Or does it? It has emerged that it won’t be the top barrister’s report that decides Mr Raab’s fate so much as the prime minister’s interpretation of the facts laid out by the lawyer.