Sir Ivan Rogers quits civil service days after shock resignation from EU role

Resignation: Sir Ivan Rogers
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Robin de Peyer7 January 2017
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Former EU ambassador Sir Ivan Rogers has quit the civil service with immediate effect, days after his shock resignation from his Brussels role.

The Foreign Office confirmed that Sir Ivan had not sought any further civil service job.

Sir Ivan shocked Westminster and Brussels with his resignation as permanent representative on January 3 and used an email to staff to criticise "muddled thinking" over Brexit.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "Sir Ivan Rogers resigned as UK Permanent Representative to Brussels on 3 January.

"He did not seek any further civil service appointment and has therefore resigned from the civil service with immediate effect.

"We are grateful for Sir Ivan's work in Brussels and across a number of other senior positions in the civil service."

It is understood that Sir Ivan will receive three months pay in lieu of notice, in line with standard Foreign Office terms, but no special "pay off" was offered or sought.

He is being succeeded by career diplomat Sir Tim Barrow, a former ambassador to Russia described by No 10 as a "seasoned and tough negotiator" who will help the Government make a success of Brexit.

In a fiery message to staff announcing his resignation from the Brussels post, Sir Ivan had hit out at the "ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking" of politicians and said civil servants still did not know the Government's plans for Brexit.

The news of Sir Ivan's departure from the civil service came as a leading businessman and Tory donor warned about the dangers of leaving the single market.

Sir Andrew Cook, who has given a reported £1.2 million to the Conservatives, said he would find it impossible to continue to fund the party if Theresa May's Brexit plans involved quitting the single market.

He warned that jobs and exports depended on membership.

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