Manzoni will leave the post of non-executive director for drinks company SABMiller next summer. Various medical professional and charities felt Manzoni working for the brewing group, which has in the past opposed the introduction of minimum alcohol pricing, would compromise his position of impartiality as chief executive of the civil service.
Earlier in the week, the Cabinet Office declared that Manzoni could stay in the role on an unpaid basis, meaning he would have to forfeit the £100,000-a-year he was receiving from SABMiller, but today the Cabinet Office has gone further, stating that Manzoni’s second role will come to an end.
A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: "John Manzoni has declared his interests to Cabinet Office officials. Following his appointment as the Chief Executive of the Civil Service he has resigned his appointments except for SAB Miller, which he is doing in his own time on an unpaid basis and which comes to an end next summer. "