Simon Case, the pinnacle of the civil service, has returned to work after greater than two months on sick go away.
The cupboard secretary, who has not publicly disclosed his sickness, has been attending conferences in the previous couple of days, the Politics At Jack And Sam’s Podcast revealed in the present day.
Mr Case was initially because of be off for 4 weeks from 23 October however this era was prolonged via the remainder of the autumn.
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He was unable to attend as a witness earlier than the COVID inquiry, though Heather Hallett, the COVID inquiry chair, mentioned he’ll nonetheless be requested to present proof to the inquiry at a later date.
She allowed him to skip his scheduled questioning after reviewing his medical information.
Mr Case was additionally absent throughout a reshuffle and the constitutional and political turmoil of the Rwanda Bill, whereas the civil service obtained criticism for factually inaccurate social media posts over the authorized immigration change.
Some senior figures in authorities had been uncertain whether or not he would ever return to the vital position.
However, he attended a gathering of everlasting secretaries at an away day earlier than Christmas and has been seen in conferences in the previous couple of days.
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At this level, he indicated that whereas nonetheless recovering, he anticipated to return in some unspecified time in the future.
Civil servants haven’t been knowledgeable extra extensively that Mr Case is again at work, nevertheless, and there’s some anger about being stored in the dead of night.
The job had been break up between 4 totally different everlasting secretaries in his absence.
Source: information.sky.com”