UK’s top civil servant, Simon Case, to stand down on health grounds
by Pippa Crerar Political editor from on (#6R45T)
Cabinet secretary, who has served four prime ministers, says he will go at the end of the year
Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, has formally announced that he will stand down as the UK's most senior civil servant at the end of the year.
In an email to the civil service, Case, who has served four prime ministers and 120 cabinet ministers, said he would stay in post while the process to replace him got under way.
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