Chris Wormald
Former Cabinet Secretary of the United KingdomWikipedia
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Sep 30, 2026
Sam EveringtonGUEST
So think of the worst, most challenging place in the country.
Sam EveringtonGUEST
There was a lovely moment, actually, when I was interviewed to be on the board of Department of Health and Social Care by Chris Wormald.
Sam EveringtonGUEST
And there was a lovely moment where I was talking about what we've achieved because we completely turned it around.
Sam EveringtonGUEST
Do you know what I mean? And it's considered now as the model for neighborhood health.
Carl BenjaminHOST
Fair enough.
Carl BenjaminHOST
He paid that, what was it, Christopher Wormald, is it? The civil servant.
Carl BenjaminHOST
Oh, yeah, that guy.
Carl BenjaminHOST
Yeah, he paid him £860,000 as a sort of golden goodbye.
Anne McElvoyHOST
[laughs] It's that, that the gap between a welter of scores of ideas and implementation is too wide." And I'm not sure that that would be resolved by the kind of external entity that, uh, Morgan was talking about there, and there is still the sense of blame shifting emanating from, uh, Keir world.
Anne McElvoyHOST
We were reminded of it again this week, Sam, with the, with the compensation package for the sacking, uh, of the former head of the civil service, Chris Wormald, uh, coming into view.
Anne McElvoyHOST
It cost a whopping 860,000.
Anne McElvoyHOST
You know, in order for Keir to get the, the fresh start, which in the end didn't materialize, you know, was it physician heal thyself?
Cleo WatsonHOST
I'm really cross about it.
Cleo WatsonHOST
So people might remember Chris Wormald, who was the cabinet secretary Keir Starmer a- appointed very temporarily.
Cleo WatsonHOST
When Keir Starmer first came in, he, uh, said he wouldn't like to continue with Simon Case.
Cleo WatsonHOST
He brought in Chris Wormald, who everybody said at the time, including us, "I don't think this is the right person for the job of cabinet secretary.
Cleo WatsonHOST
If you want a major overhaul, you want to rewire the state, I don't think Chris is your guy." Anyway, that became quite clear.
Cleo WatsonHOST
Chris Wormald was eventually let go, and Antonio Romeo was hired.
Cleo WatsonHOST
But it's, it's come out yesterday that Wormald was given an £860,000 severance package, which is just ...
Cleo WatsonHOST
It's just, it, it, it's hard to kind of put this into words.
Tim ShipmanGUEST
I think everybody agrees that she's more significant, she's more in the loop.
Tim ShipmanGUEST
She is someone whose advice is listened to by politicians in a way that her predecessor, Chris Wormald, uh, never was.
Tim ShipmanGUEST
And I think she is, you know, she's certainly the most significant Cabinet Secretary as far as we can see since Heywood, and if she gets her way with these extra powers, she could, at least on paper, be the most powerful.
Tim ShipmanGUEST
Now power is a, a kind of, it's a bit of, it's a bit like water.
James HealeGUEST
But, um, we shall see.
James HealeGUEST
I mean, Al- Antonia Romeo obviously was the longest serving permanent secretary at the time of her appointment.
James HealeGUEST
She was very much seen as the antithesis of Chris Wormald, her predecessor in the role.
James HealeGUEST
You've gone from an Eeyore to a Tigger in one sense.