A minister has mocked Britain’s top civil servant after he made an embarrassing U-turn over his membership of an exclusive men-only private club.

Simon Case quit the Garrick Club on Wednesday, one day after claiming he had only joined it to help women become members.

Andrea Leadsom, the public health minister, made fun of the cabinet secretary’s “sudden wokeness”.

Speaking to Times Radio this morning, the senior Tory said: “I was slightly bemused to find that Simon Case has just discovered that it only takes men.

“So I think people are kind of looking to........

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