Attention will begin to turn to the process for selecting his successor, although that will not be quick. A secretive committee will form over the next few months, with the chair appointed by the prime minister.
Ms Cawcutt, who suffers from long term post-traumatic stress disorder, said: "I know it is not the biggest crime in the world but how can you put someone through this?"No-one understands how traumatic it is for me to deal with all this."
, the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.It told Ms Cawcutt: "Whilst the misuse of your identity cannot be classified as a police recorded crime, we do recognise that identity theft can cause significant distress and inconvenience."Ms Cawcutt said the whole experience had affected her badly and described it as a "shambles".
A spokesperson for Govia Thameslink Railway said: "We are extremely saddened to hear of this sickening fraud which has obviously caused so much distress to Ms Cawcutt."Sadly, we had no idea someone had used her name."
Two Thameslink team members have been awarded their British Empire Medals following the King's Birthday Honours, for their service to the railway.
Siggy Cragwell, 85, the company's oldest employee based at Elstree and Borehamwood station, and Joe Healy, station manager at Luton Airport Parkway and Harpenden, have received the awards.which marked the opening days of the war as the country reeled from the trauma of 7 October has been overtaken by the revival of political divisions: only 26% of Israelis believe there is now a sense of togetherness, while 44% say there is not.
At least part of this has to do with a feeling often expressed, especially among those on the left of the political divide, that the war is being prolonged at the behest of far-right parties whose support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to remain in power.Even the former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, a member of Netanhayu’s Likud Party, dismissed by the prime minister last month, cited the failure to return the hostages as one of the key disagreements with his boss.
“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said. “It will be a mark of Cain on the forehead of Israeli society and those leading this mistaken path.”Netanyahu, who along with Gallant is facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes, has repeatedly denied this and stressed his commitment to freeing the hostages.