The Latest Breaking News from Simon Case

The prime minister builds towards a major relaunch after only five months of government as he picks Sir Chris Wormald, the Department of Health’s long-serving permanent secretary, to take over as the new cabinet secretary running Whitehall

Exclusive: former Brexit negotiator seen as probable favourite to take over from Simon Case as cabinet secretary

Tory former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has written to the UK’s top civil servant about an Office for Budget Responsibility review of his spending plans.

Former chancellor accuses Rachel Reeves of politicising Office for Budget Responsibility by release on budget day

The Cabinet minister had previously described himself as ‘uncharacteristically undecided’ on the issue.

Many prime ministers at some point find themselves in a situation where nothing they do seems to go right. It happened to Jim Callaghan in the late 1970s, to Gordon Brown in the 2000s and to every Conservative prime minister since 2019.

Sue Gray out, Morgan McSweeney in, Simon Case to leave … the churn highlights how vital the right staff are to any PM’s success, says author Anthony Sneldon

News analysis: Just days after Boris Johnson likened Dominic Cummings to a ‘homicidal robot’ in his new book, Keir Starmer seems to embrace the idea of putting a ruthless, analytics-obsessed genius in charge of his Downing Street operation, writes The Independent’s politics editor David Maddox

Simon Case announced he will stand down as the UK’s top civil servant on health grounds at the end of 2024

The head of the civil service resigned after he was named on a list of 80 senior male figures in politics, the law and arts who were members while women were excluded

Case left in March after the Guardian published names of senior public figures who were in the then men-only club