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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Emily Dugan

Former civil servant says ‘racism in Cabinet Office’ forced her to resign

Sign for Whitehall in central London.
An employment tribunal hearing against the Cabinet Office and senior civil servants began on Monday but the case was withdrawn on Wednesday. Photograph: georgeclerk/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A former senior civil servant has said in court papers that “a hostile racist working environment” in the Cabinet Office meant she was “forced to resign”.

Rowaa Ahmar, who has now withdrawn a discrimination case against the Cabinet Office, said that “the racism within the Cabinet Office appeared to be unrelenting and systemic” and claimed that she was frozen out of ministerial meetings after complaining about it.

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