NEW: The prime minister has appointed Chris Wormald as the new cabinet secretary and head of the civil service
One of the most experienced senior civil servants - 8 years running the health department (quite a lot happened) after 4 running education
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-appoints-sir-chris-wormald-as-new-cabinet-secretary-and-head-of-the-civil-service?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=58e4e6c9-e9dc-45d0-89ae-1bc9ec8b59ad&utm_content=immediately
One of the most experienced senior civil servants - 8 years running the health department (quite a lot happened) after 4 running education
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-appoints-sir-chris-wormald-as-new-cabinet-secretary-and-head-of-the-civil-service?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=58e4e6c9-e9dc-45d0-89ae-1bc9ec8b59ad&utm_content=immediately
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The PM has tasked him with "nothing less than the complete re-wiring of the British state"
Some PMs would have chosen an outsider for that task, Starmer has gone for the opposite approach