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Civil servants discussed chickenpox Covid comparisons as late as mid-March 2020

The top civil servant in the Department of Health has been questioned at the Covid-19 inquiry about why he and the UK’s most powerful official were discussing how the virus was like chickenpox as late as mid-March 2020. Sir Christopher Wormald, who ...

02 Nov 2023 at 16:58

Civil Service chief tells officials to ‘relish opportunities’ of Starmer reforms

The new head of the Civil Service has told officials they must “do things differently” as part of a “rewiring” of the way government works. Sir Chris Wormald, the new Cabinet Secretary, said officials should work “much more effectively” across ...

16 Dec 2024 at 12:30

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Top civil servant in Scotland to leave role

Scotland’s top civil servant will leave the post next year, the Scottish Government has announced. After three years in the role, Permanent Secretary John Paul Marks will move to head up HM Revenue and Customs in 2025. Mr Marks will stay on ...

18 Dec 2024 at 16:22

Sir Chris Wormald confirmed as UK’s new top civil servant

Sir Chris Wormald has been appointed Cabinet Secretary, becoming the UK’s top civil servant and the Prime Minister’s most senior policy adviser. The current permanent secretary of the Department for Health and Social Care succeeds Simon ...

02 Dec 2024 at 14:39

Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to Civil Service top job

Health department chief Sir Chris Wormald’s appointment as the UK’s top civil servant is “unbelievably frustrating and worrisome”, Covid-19 victims’ campaigners said. Sir Chris was appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary by Sir Keir ...

02 Dec 2024 at 17:25

New Covid corruption chief to leave ‘no stone unturned’, Reeves warns

The newly-appointed Covid corruption commissioner will “leave no stone unturned” as he investigates a “carnival of fraud”, Rachel Reeves has said. Tom Hayhoe, a health policy expert, has been appointed to to claw back taxpayers’ ...

03 Dec 2024 at 13:08

PM’s defence plan will not lead to end of working from home – Whitehall chief

There are no plans to review the current policy on working from home for civil servants in response to the urgency of major changes announced by the Prime Minister, the head of the civil service has confirmed. Cabinet Secretary ...

25 Feb 2025 at 17:18

Government data scientists to begin AI training programme

Government data scientists will get training in AI under a new scheme, in the hope they will be able to build programmes to save money and time across Whitehall. The AI accelerator programme will see 25 Government staff ...

28 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Cabinet secretary Wormald ‘continues to have PM’s support’ says No 10

The country’s top civil servant Sir Chris Wormald “continues to have the support” of Sir Keir Starmer although the Prime Minister wants government to move “further and faster”. Downing Street said Sir Keir was “working ...

22 Oct 2025 at 14:44

Tories urge inquiry into ‘personal attacks’ on top civil servant ‘from No 10’

The Tories have called for an inquiry into a potential breach of the special adviser code after “personal attacks” in the press about the country’s top civil servant Sir Chris Wormald. Labour Party chairwoman Anna ...

23 Oct 2025 at 11:30

MPs press for details given to the PM before show of confidence in Mandelson

MPs have pressed the Cabinet Office to release the information available to Sir Keir Starmer when he told the House of Commons he had confidence in Lord Peter Mandelson ahead of his sacking. During an appearance ...

03 Nov 2025 at 17:18

Olly Robbins appointed new Foreign Office chief

Former Brexit negotiator Sir Oliver Robbins has been appointed as the Foreign Office’s highest ranking civil servant. Sir Oliver, known as Olly, will serve as the new permanent under-secretary at the Foreign, ...

08 Jan 2025 at 16:20

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