Cabinet Secretary Simon Case is facing pressure to quit over leaks to the press that embarrass the government. Does this ‘leaks’ scandal show the civil service is political after all?
Here’s the story:
The head of the civil service is facing pressure from ministers and No 10 insiders to bring forward his departure date, amid anger over a series of damaging leaks and briefings.
In a sign of how low relations between ministers and Simon Case have sunk, the cabinet secretary has been privately accused of failing to get a handle on leaks about donations funding clothes for Keir Starmer and his wife, and rows involving his chief of staff Sue Gray.
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It is understood that cabinet ministers and senior No 10 officials have become so frustrated with the leaks, including on internal appointments and donations, that they have raised informal complaints in meetings. “You can feel the anger in the cabinet, the spads and the civil service rising,” one cabinet source said.
Case is expected to leave his role in January but there has been no formal announcement. A Cabinet Office spokesperson denied he was the source of any leaks or negative briefing.
The civil service is supposed to be impartial – working to achieve the aims of the government, no matter which party is in charge.
But that seems not to be the case in practice.
It suggests to This Writer that the Americans have the right idea. When their administration changes, the whole bureaucracy does as well – so civil servants working for a Republican government would be replaced when the Democrats took over.
It seems to me that this may be the best way to at least try to prevent government employees like Mr Case (who I note has not been found to have done anything wrong at the time of writing) from having the opportunity to cause mischief.
Source: Head of the civil service under pressure to quit amid ‘anger’ over leaks
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Does this ‘leaks’ scandal show the civil service IS political after all?
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case is facing pressure to quit over leaks to the press that embarrass the government. Does this ‘leaks’ scandal show the civil service is political after all?
Here’s the story:
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The civil service is supposed to be impartial – working to achieve the aims of the government, no matter which party is in charge.
But that seems not to be the case in practice.
It suggests to This Writer that the Americans have the right idea. When their administration changes, the whole bureaucracy does as well – so civil servants working for a Republican government would be replaced when the Democrats took over.
It seems to me that this may be the best way to at least try to prevent government employees like Mr Case (who I note has not been found to have done anything wrong at the time of writing) from having the opportunity to cause mischief.
Source: Head of the civil service under pressure to quit amid ‘anger’ over leaks
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