Andrea Leadsom criticises civil service head’s Garrick Club involvement

Andrea Leadsom criticises civil service head’s Garrick Club involvement

Former Tory leadership contender says she would not join men-only club even if it changed rules

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A government minister has criticised Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, for having been a member of the men-only Garrick Club and said she wouldn’t join if it began admitting women.

Andrea Leadsom, a junior health minister and former Conservative leadership contender, said she thought it was “extraordinary” that the cabinet secretary had “only just discovered” the club excluded women.

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