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Civil Service chief Simon Case is expected to take some weeks off work to deal with a ‘private medical matter’.

Several perm secs to temporarily take on each of his responsibilities, reports suggest

Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, is stepping back from his role to take a period of medical leave for a “few weeks”.The Cabinet Office said that Case is taking a “short period of leave because of a private medical matter” and that he is due to return work. It comes as Rishi Sunak faces one of the

Leave comes at a difficult time for Rishi Sunak, both geopolitically and domestically.

Former commissioner Anne Longfield’s inquiry testimony exposed how future generations will pay price for government’s poor decisions

Mr Case, whose time in the job has seen him involved in a series of controversies, expected to be absent for ‘a few weeks’

Simon Case, who will be off work for a few weeks, had been expected to appear at the Covid inquiry.

Less than a year into his premiership and a visit to India said to be in the offing to sign a trade treaty, Rishi Sunak, who is of Indian origin, could be in slight danger of a leadership challenge after a disastrous night for his Conservative ...

The Government was described by the head of the civil service as looking like a “terrible, tragic joke”, while Boris Johnson’s now-wife was “the real person in charge”, in WhatsApp messages shown at the Covid inquiry.Simon Case, who was app...

The Treasury should be broken up and the cabinet secretary role should be scrapped, a review of the civil service is expected to urge.