Simon Case, the pinnacle of the civil service, has returned to work after greater than two months on sick go away.

The cupboard secretary, who has not publicly disclosed his sickness, has been attending conferences in the previous few days, the Politics At Jack And Sam's Podcast revealed at the moment.

Mr Case was initially resulting from be off for 4 weeks from 23 October however this era was prolonged by way of the remainder of the autumn.

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He was unable to attend as a witness earlier than the COVID inquiry, though Heather Hallett, the COVID inquiry chair, mentioned he'll nonetheless be requested to offer proof to the inquiry at a later date.

She allowed him to skip his scheduled questioning after reviewing his medical data.

Mr Case was additionally absent throughout a reshuffle and the constitutional and political turmoil of the Rwanda Bill, whereas the civil service acquired criticism for factually inaccurate social media posts over the authorized immigration change.

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Some senior figures in authorities had been not sure whether or not he would ever return to the vital function.

However, he attended a gathering of everlasting secretaries at an away day earlier than Christmas and has been seen in conferences in the previous few days.

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At this level, he indicated that whereas nonetheless recovering, he anticipated to return sooner or later.

Civil servants haven't been knowledgeable extra broadly that Mr Case is again at work, nonetheless, and there's some anger about being stored in the dead of night.

The job had been break up between 4 completely different everlasting secretaries in his absence.

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