‘Neutral’ Civil Service

sir – The Sue Gray affair (Letters, March 4) is just one example of the upper echelons of the Civil Service demonstrating Left-wing sympathies. Sir Keir Starmer is himself a former senior civil servant.

The ideal of a politically neutral Civil Service is myth: it’s no wonder that Conservative policies are rarely properly implemented. Perhaps it is time to consider replacing the top level of the Civil Service with political appointees, accountable to their ministers, who could at least be depended on to honour the manifesto for which the electorate voted.

Phil Coutie

Exeter, Devon

sir – The Civil Service isn’t what it used to be. Did Sue Gray not realise that taking a job with Sir Keir Starmer would compromise her report on partygate?

Lord Renwick of Clifton

London W1