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A civil servant was sacked after calling into a radio station to publicly criticise a Government minister in the final weeks of Boris Johnson’s time as Prime Minister.

As reported by The Guardian, a now-ex employee at GCHQ, the UK’s intelligence & security base, called into LBC to publicly demand that the Head of Civil Service, Simon Case, step down.

Speaking to show host James O’Brien in July 2022, the employee, identified only as Stuart, urged Case to state publicly that he has lost confidence in Downing Street’s leadership, also urging him to “stop facilitating corrupt practices”.

The call took place in the wake of historical sexual harassment allegations levelled at former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher – and Boris Johnson’s subsequent claims that he had been unaware of such accusations.