Sacked GCHQ employee launches legal claim under whistleblowing defence
by Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#686AY)
Exclusive: Solicitors launch case on behalf of civil servant dismissed after calling for resignation of cabinet secretary
A GCHQ employee who was sacked after calling publicly for the resignation of the UK's most senior civil servant during the final weeks of Boris Johnson's government is launching a legal claim under whistleblowing legislation.
The former mandarin of 17 years, known as Stuart, was forced out of his job at the spy centre after using a radio interview with James O'Brien to demand that the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, step down.
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