Civil Service boss quiet on Carrie job

Published date29 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Cabinet Secretary Simon Case appeared before the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Tuesday, where he said he did not have the power to initiate an investigation into allegations Boris Johnson tried to hire Carrie Symonds, as she then was, as his £100,000-ayear chief of staff when he was foreign secretary in 2018

Under questioning from Labour MP John McDonnell, Mr Case said he had no knowledge of the allegations, while director general of propriety and ethics at the Cabinet...

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