Findings on Sue Gray departure held up after her refusal to cooperate

Head of civil service Simon Case faces fresh questions after ministers fail to publish outcome of inquiry

Sue Gray is refusing to cooperate with a government inquiry into her departure from Whitehall amid concerns that the investigation is politically motivated and not based on any official process.

Simon Case, the head of the civil service, faced fresh questions over his handling of the controversy after ministers failed to publish the outcome of the inquiry despite widespread briefing that it would find she had broken the civil service code.