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Old 06-10-2024, 22:33   #20
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Re: Starmers chronicles

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
The deputies would've left at change of government.

The Principle Private Secretary is a civil service position, so shouldn't be able to be arbitrarily sacked and the position filled by a political appointee.
You asked were these new positions - they existed under previous administrations, so they are not new…

May, Johnson, Truss, & Sunak all replaced the Cabinet Office Principal Private Secretary when they took up their roles as PM, Truss & Kwarteng binned the Treasury Principal Private Secretary when he became Chancellor, Priti Patel got rid of her PPS Philip Rutnam, Gavin Williamson fired the Education PPS Jonathan Slater, Johnson fired his Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill, but yeh, sure, PMs & Cabinet Ministers have never "arbitrarily sacked" their PPSs before…
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