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UK PM Contender Truss’s Tax Cuts Is ‘Electoral Suicide’: Raab

Dominic Raab, Britain’s deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary has lambasted the economic policies of Liz Truss, the front runner in the campaign to become Britain’s next Prime Minister  as “an electoral suicide note.” Dominic Raab, a Brexit supporter, was one of the few top politicians to stay in the cabinet after Prime Minister Boris…


UK PM Contender Truss’s Tax Cuts Are ‘Electoral Suicide’: Raab

Dominic Raab, Britain’s deputy prime minister and justice secretary, has lambasted the economic policies of Liz Truss, the front runner in the campaign to become Britain’s next prime minister as “an electoral suicide note.” Raab, a Brexit supporter, was one of the few top politicians to stay in the cabinet after Prime Minister Boris Johnson…


UK: Dominic Raab to Contest Decision to Free Baby P’s Mother From Jail

The Justice Secretary said he plans to appeal against the Parole Board decision which recommends the mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, should be freed from jail. Dominic Raab made the announcement in the House of Commons on Wednesday after the Parole Board said Tracey Connelly should be released. She was…


UK’s Raab Says ‘Buck-Passing Briefings’ on Afghan Crisis Not Credible

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said that reports about him not being in contact with his counterparts in Afghanistan and Pakistan for months ahead of the Afghanistan crisis were “not credible and deeply irresponsible.” Raab has faced questions in recent days on whether he should have returned from holiday earlier, over emails about potential…


UK’s Raab Responds to Questions About Holiday as Kabul Fell

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has for the first time addressed questions about his being on holiday in Crete as the Taliban advanced through Afghanistan and took Kabul. “With the benefit of hindsight I would have been back earlier, but we were all surprised by the scale and the pace of the collapse of the situation,”…


Raab Defends Handling of Afghanistan Crisis and Failed Phone Call

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has defended his handling of the Afghanistan crisis, saying that a now controversial phone call to his Afghan counterpart had been prevented by the “rapidly deteriorating situation.” Raab has come under pressure from the Labour party after it emerged that he was on holiday in Crete before and during the fall of…