Chief political correspondent henry zeffman. Can we start with that leaked letter from Simon Case which you have seen, what does it say . Well the last time we saw Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt facing off, was when Rachel Reeves declared that shed got into office, looked at the bot books and discover there was a 22 billion Black Hole in public spending this year. Simon cayce says he would note. Let me translate the civil service speak. Hes basically that the previous Governments Decision not to revise. Was a big reason for uncertainty in public finances. Thats quite a claim from the cabinet, i suspect they wanted it to stay private but it got leaked to me do it to stay private but it got leaked to m it to stay private but it got leaked to m. ~. leaked to me do you think that is likely to leaked to me do you think that is likely to come leaked to me do you think that is likely to come up leaked to me do you think that is likely to come up with leaked to me do you think that is likely to
careers overlapped. so this is someone who is well known to the tory party. i think that politically the report as interesting as well in the report as interesting as well in the sense that richard sharp s career may be ending in terms of the bbc, but one thing he has played quite a proactive role in, first reported by the sunday times, one person is simon case, the cabinet secretary, and in this report richard sharp is effectively saying, speaking in comments that he felt when he had spoken to simon case and he said he raised to the top civil servant the fact that this bbc appointment was going on around the time he arranged a meeting between simon case and the men who went on to guarantee the loan for boris johnson, and he says he thought that was enough, that it seems it wasn t, so he takes the blame and he should have done differently, but you read that and i think it will add to pressure about the fact that simon case, the civil servant, is repeatedly an aspect and lots
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