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Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The new cabinet secretary Sir Chris Wormald has delivered a stark pre-Christmas warning on his first day on the job as Britain’s top civil servant. open image in gallery Chris Wormald has taken up his role as the new cabinet secretary Sir Chris, who was a surprise appointment having previously served as permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, has pledged to go through with Sir Keir’s ambition to perform a “rewiring of the way the government works”. Sir Chris told civil servants in an email: “As cabinet secretary, it is my role to support the prime minister and government to deliver for the country. He told colleagues: “Over the years I have seen the incredible contribution that we as civil servants make and it fills me with great pride to be leading the civil service.” Sir Chris said he was looking forward to meeting civil servants across the country in the coming weeks and months to “hear your ideas to improve the way that government works”.

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