Mr Case had as late as yesterday defended his membership, saying he was trying to reform the institution from the inside.
The UK's chief civil servant, Simon Case, has resigned his membership from the men-only Garrick Club, Sky News understands. It comes following criticism of his membership of the organisation due to its restrictive entry requirements.
' A list of members of the club was recently published by The Guardian newspaper, which included the King, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and Sir Richard Moore, the head of MI6. Jill Rutter, a former civil servant and now a part of the UK in a Changing Europe thinktank, criticised Mr Case's previous defence of his membership.
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