- Sir Chris Wormald has officially taken his seat in the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer, completing his introduction ceremony on Thursday morning.
- The former civil service chief stepped down as Cabinet secretary in February after a 14-month tenure, following a mutual decision reached with prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.
- Annual accounts published by the Cabinet Office revealed that Lord Wormald was granted a record severance package of £859,496 upon his departure.
- His exit followed anonymous briefings from Downing Street insiders criticising his leadership, which former Cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell subsequently condemned as shabby.
- Lord Wormald was introduced alongside five other new peers taking their seats in the upper chamber this week, including former judge Sir Brian Leveson.
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