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Council chief executive held a lockdown-breaking leaving do - as she left leading the Govt. Covid taskforce team The council chief executive has admitted having a lockdown-breaking leaving do party for her previous Government job - as the head of the unit responsible for drawing up Covid restrictions, writes Chris Burn for The Yorksire Post Sheffield Council boss Kate Josephs said she was “truly sorry” for her involvement in the event, which took place on December 17, 2020 - the same day as the reported Cabinet Office ‘Christmas quiz’ was held which involved Cabinet Secretary Simon Case. The two events were separate from each other.
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Mrs Josephs wrote: “On the evening of 17 December, I gathered with colleagues that were at work that day, with drinks, in our office in the Cabinet Office, to mark my leaving the civil service.
“I am grateful for the ongoing support of colleagues and partners and need now to ask that people allow the Cabinet Office to complete its investigation.”
“I am truly sorry I did this and for the anger people will feel as a result. “Sheffield has suffered greatly during this pandemic and I apologise unreservedly. “The specific facts of this event will be considered in the context of the Cabinet Office investigation. I did
Sheffield City Council leader Terry Fox said “Because of Kate Josephs’ senior role as Chief Executive, we need to set up a cross-party committee to consider what steps, if any, should be taken next. I have heard strong and emotional views from across the city. I absolutely understand the reaction after all that Sheffield has been through these
last couple of years. We now need to let the committee carry out this work, and we also continue to await the outcome of the Cabinet Office’s wider report.” Former Sheffield Council leader Paul Scriven, who is now a peer, called for Mrs Josephs to resign. “She has no moral authority to be the senior officer of the organisation that leads on public health and Covid in my city,” he said.
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Her statement was posted on Twitter minutes before the Daily Telegraph published details of the event, which is reported to have been attended by “dozens” of officials from the Covid19 taskforce which Mrs Josephs had led as directorgeneral and involved the consumption of alcohol. The events of the leaving do will form part of civil servant Sue Gray’s expanding investigation into a series of
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