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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Sacked GCHQ employee launches legal claim under whistleblowing defence

GCHQ in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
GCHQ employees are at present prevented from bringing a protected disclosure against the government. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Alamy

A GCHQ employee who was sacked after calling publicly for the resignation of the UK’s most senior civil servant during the final weeks of Boris Johnson’s government is launching a legal claim under whistleblowing legislation.

The former mandarin of 17 years, known as Stuart, was forced out of his job at the spy centre after using a radio interview with James O’Brien to demand that the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, step down.

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