Sue Gray has resigned as Downing Street chief of staff, Number 10 confirms… Sue Gray was appointed to help Labor into government but quickly became the subject of rumors of infighting at Downing Street itself, the journalist says ITV News politician Lewis Warner.
Sue Gray has resigned as Downing Street chief of staff and will take up a new government role, the resignation of the former Partygate investigator has confirmed, following mounting pressure on Sir Keir Starmer from the government’s special advisers in salaries and blocks. and delays in government appointments. Many special advisers – political staff who support ministers – were even more frustrated by what they see as Ms Gray’s excessive control over the information the Prime Minister can see. Last week, ITV News reported that most special advisers were delaying signing their contracts because of a dispute over pay cuts. Ms Gray said she was resigning because “it became clear to me that intense commentary about my position risked becoming a distraction to the government’s vital change work”.
