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Profile: Dominic Raab

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Mark Coles looks at the life and career of Dominic Raab.

Mark Coles looks at the life and career of Dominic Raab, First Secretary of State, who  took on the role of deputising for the Prime Minister this week.

On Profile this week, we look at the man who has effectively become Britain’s acting Prime Minister.

The 46-year-old Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, asked to deputise “where necessary” for Boris Johnson while he recovers from coronavirus.

A staunch Brexiteer and a karate black belt, he’s perhaps not the best-known member of the Cabinet.

So, who is he and – more importantly - is he up to the job?

A former lawyer, Raab has experience in international justice – but his hard-line on Brexit as well as past comments about feminism, welfare and Britain’s work ethic have angered his critics.

Mark Coles hears from political colleagues, Westminster journalists – even Dominic Raab’s boxing coach.

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