Partygate report put civil servants in difficult position, says cabinet secretary Simon Case

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Appointing civil servants to investigate the prime minister's conduct puts them 'in a genuinely difficult position', the cabinet secretary has said

The cabinet secretary also said some people"used the language" of calling civil servants"independent", but he said that was"not correct".

"And, as you say, asking civil servants to do these investigations put these civil servants in a genuinely difficult position."In the two-hour grilling of the top civil servant, Mr Case said"mistakes were made [and] boundaries weren't observed" during the pandemic, and said the conduct described in Ms Gray's report"would be horrifying in any setting".

 

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Oh please those guys don’t give a damn

It’s almost as he’s done it deliberately isn’t it

How’s beer starmer getting on with the Durham thing.. did he shg that mess Rayner then? Pelosi dislikes 👎

Not if they’re honest it doesn’t. Dream job.

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