Britain’s most senior government official, Chris Wormald, agreed with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stand down, the third member of his team to go in recent days after the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador threw the government into crisis.
Starmer has vowed to never walk away after facing the biggest challenge to his authority yet, including a call from Labour’s leader in Scotland for him to stand down over the appointment of Mandelson, who was close to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I am very grateful to Sir Chris for his long and distinguished career of public service, spanning more than 35 years, and for the support that he has given me over the past year,” Starmer said in a statement yesterday.
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