Sir Keir Starmer has been told by a former cabinet secretary that he must “get a grip” of “shabby” negative briefings against civil servants, after Sir Chris Wormald became the latest member of the prime minister’s top team to step down.
Sir Chris stood down as Britain’s top civil servant after just 14 months on Thursday evening, days after the resignations of chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, and communications chief, Tim Allan.