The Latest Breaking News from Simon Case

The director of communications role is currently vacant, while the chief of staff role is being carried out on an acting basis.

From the outside, the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s announcement has looked chaotic, and many see the future of the chancellor and PM in the balance

The former national security adviser and cabinet secretary said ‘of course’ China is a national security threat to Britain

Simon Case said intelligence chiefs have described China as a threat for years

The 46-year-old, who served four prime ministers, will sit as an independent crossbencher.

Comments from Simon Case come as UK defence review highlights Chinese military exercises around Taiwan as driver of global instability

Just months after stepping down from the most powerful job in Whitehall, Simon Case is building a public profile warning of doom and gloom across the world. Is it right that top civil servants take sides and scare the public after leaving office? And if he cares so much now,…

Baroness Grainger, now chairwoman of the British Olympic Association, is Britain’s most decorated female rower.

Sir Simon Case, who stood down as Cabinet secretary in December, made the warning in his first major interview since leaving the job.