class="Typography_base__k7c9F FixedHeader_desktopPrimaryContext__TOpED Typography_sizeMobile16__Wygfe Typography_lineHeightMobile24__xwyV0 Typography_regular__Aqp4p Typography_colourInherit__xnbjy" data-component="Text">Mr Raab's departure — which makes him the third senior minister to leave office due to their personal conduct in the past six months — will damage Mr Sunak's efforts to revive the governing Conservative Party's fortunes, and is a major embarrassment after he entered Downing Street in October promising a government of integrity. Another of Mr Sunak's senior ministers, Gavin Williamson, was forced to resign in November after bullying allegations, and the prime minister sacked Conservative Party chair Nadhim Zahawi in January after he was found to have broken the ministerial code over his lack of openness about his tax affairs. When questioned by the BBC whether he would still contest the next election, Mr Raab said he would "let the dust settle" before revealing his next steps