Simon Case keeps job as UK’s top civil servant after PM changes mind

Simon Case, left, with Boris Johnson during a cabinet meeting. Case became a Partygate story when it emerged that a party had been held in his private office. Photograph: Getty Images

Simon Case is set to keep his job as cabinet secretary under Liz Truss after previously having been expected to be ousted.

Case, a former private secretary to Prince William, is believed to have impressed the UK prime minister during talks over forming a government and the energy support package.