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A former senior civil servant is putting pressure on Simon Case.
Case is facing calls to resign from Tory lawmakers following the emergence of a WhatsApp message that was highly critical of Boris Johnson and Rishi Snack.
There is already deep concern within the civil service itself about Whitehall’s most senior official, with many officials believing he has failed to rise to his feet in the aftermath of the Partygate scandal.
A former deputy secretary said: I A leaked Whatsapp message showing an exchange between Case and several ministers at the height of the pandemic is “totally inappropriate.”
“He should keep an appropriate distance between his role as chief cabinet secretary and their role as politicians,” the former bureaucrat said.
“How can he speak the truth to power if he claims to be one of their gang? is showing.”
Since the incident, Case has faced sustained criticism. daily telegraph Tens of thousands of leaked cases after showing Johnson as a “nationally distrusted figure” and Sunak as doing “funny things” about contact tracing I have published an excerpt from the message.
He also described the plight of vacationers being forced into low-budget quarantine hotels as “laughable”.
No 10 and a former Treasury Department official say Mr Case is “not very well liked” and his oversight of ministerial appointments over the past 12 months is questionable. states that it “does not deal with the events of the incident.” Also last year.”
Nadim Zahawi has come under increasing scrutiny for his treatment of being subject to a tax audit by HMRC when he was appointed Prime Minister and Conservative Party chairman.
He has also faced criticism over his handling of complaints regarding Attorney General Dominic Raab, who is under investigation for a series of bullying allegations.
In what is seen as an attempt to rebuild trust among civil servants, Mr Case expressed concern over the Conservative emails in the name of Home Secretary Suera Braverman. .
Case called himself “Mr. Killjoy” in a meeting with “Bouncing Boris J.” because the then-Prime Minister was too optimistic about the economy during the pandemic, according to the latest reports on him.
In a June 2020 exchange with Mr Hancock, he said he was “enthusiastic to the Prime Minister that there is a huge opportunity for the UK economy” before adding an emoji of the palm of his face.
Despite reports, the prime minister backed the beleaguered chief cabinet secretary, saying at a press conference this week that he was “supporting me and working very hard to support the government’s agenda.” ’” he said, adding: Frankly, it’s going to take a long time.