Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the door
The most senior civil servant in Downing Street is negotiating his exit as part of a wider shake-up of Keir Starmer’s operation after one of the most dramatic 48 hours of the prime minister’s time in office, sources have told the Guardian.
Chris Wormald, the cabinet secretary, is understood to be negotiating the terms of his departure from No 10, which would make him the third senior member of staff to leave in recent days.
Wormald was appointed just over a year ago but has been under pressure for several months, with some of those close to Starmer having come to view him as a “disastrous” appointment.
One government source said “the writing is on the wall” for Wormald, with Starmer keen to reassert his authority over both his parliamentary party and the wider government after a turbulent past few days.
