Dominic Raab’s MoJ hiring ‘embarrassing’ number of private office staff

Exclusive: Plan to recruit up to 10 people into senior roles seen as unusual and follows reports of bullying in the department

Dominic Raab's department is carrying out a major recruitment drive for private office staff, the Guardian can reveal.

A hiring spree has been launched that initially sought to recruit 10 private secretary jobs in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) - a figure Whitehall insiders and former cabinet ministers said they had never seen for a job of that nature.