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FOUND: 11 - What They Never Told You

Sue Gray quickly gets stuck in as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

Former civil servant offers morale boost and promises Labour staff she ‘has their back’

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Keir Starmer’s new-look Labour is fashioned in the hope of power

When Keir Starmer offered the role of chief of staff to Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who oversaw the partygate inquiry, he craved an organiser on his inner team who understood the interlocking levers of Whitehall — and the pitfalls of operating them.

Evening Standard

Starmer promotes Blairites as Labour thoughts turn to governing

The reshuffle, thought to have been deftly managed by Sue Gray, made a shadow cabinet heavy with stalwarts from the Blair-Brown era

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - Keir Starmer’s reshuffle is about doubling down on Labour’s new seriousness

When Sue Gray worked in government one of her many sought-after skills was her advice on reshuffles. Today she reports for duty as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff and will walk straight into a reshuffle. In a way this is an odd time to change the shadow cabinet. A…

Evening Standard

Labour reshuffle: Keir Starmer ‘to shake up shadow cabinet’ as Sue Gray joins staff

All eyes will be on what role Angela Rayner is left with following any changes, after speculation she may lose some duties

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘to reshuffle shadow cabinet on Monday’ as Sue Gray starts Labour role

All eyes will be on what role Angela Rayner is left with following any changes, after recent speculation that she may lose some of her duties.

The Independent UK

Channel 4 announces casting for role of Boris Johnson in Partygate drama

New drama will depict the controversial gatherings that that took place at 10 Downing Street during lockdown

The Independent UK

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Another PMQs outing for deputy Dowden? Sunak must be quite the sadist

Long before the end, even his own MPs were going for him. Bloodsports are less cruel

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Secretary: Attempts made to weaponise Gray case to attack civil service

Simon Case criticised attacks on the civil service and disparaged the ‘dehumanising’ language of ‘the blob’.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries faces investigation for ‘threatening’ civil servants over blocked peerage

Cabinet secretary reports Boris loyalist to chief whip and Commons Speaker after ‘forceful communications’

The Independent UK

Champagne with Rupert Murdoch … Keir Starmer’s Labour is preparing for power

The party is courting business and winning the media magnate’s ear, but team Starmer is at pains to show they take nothing for granted on the road to No 10

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray’s appointment as Labour chief of staff followed rules, Starmer says

Party leader ‘frustrated’ at not being able to defend hiring while it was scrutinised by Whitehall watchdog

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer ‘frustrated’ he could not clarify detail of Sue Gray contact sooner

The Labour leader said the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments told him not to share details about his contact with the ex-mandarin.

The Independent UK

Scottish junior doctors call off strike after getting 12.4% pay rise offer – as it happened

Scottish government says deal amounts to £61.3m investment in junior doctors’ pay, the best offer for this group in UK

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Daily Mirror

Fresh Sue Gray spat as probe finds she broke civil service rules before joining Labour

The Partygate investigator was last week cleared to start her new job in September - but today a minister announced she'd had "undeclared contact" with Labour before quitting

The National (Scotland)

Sue Gray broke civil service rules with Labour job talks, Whitehall probe finds

Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules “as a result of the undeclared contact” between her and the

Manchester Evening News

Sue Gray broke the civil service code over Labour job offer

The Partygate investigator was recommended to take a six-month cooling-off period from the day she quit the civil service

The Independent UK

Sue Gray breached civil service code by talking to Starmer, rules government

Finding of ‘prima facie’ violation dismissed by Labour as ‘Mickey Mouse nonsense’

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The Independent UK

Whitehall probe finds Sue Gray broke civil service rules with Labour job talks

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the inquiry concluded that the ‘civil service code was prima facie broken’ by the partygate investigator.

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray ‘breached civil service code’ over Keir Starmer job, inquiry finds

Civil inquiry finds official’s talks over role without telling bosses is ‘prima facie’ breach of code

Evening Standard

Sue Gray ‘broke civil service code over undeclared contact with Labour Party’, says Government

Former senior official Sue Gray broke Civil Service rules by taking part in discussions about a top job in the Labour Party, a Cabinet Office investigation has found.

The Guardian - UK

Sue Gray given six-month waiting period for Keir Starmer job

Former senior civil servant will start work as Labour leader’s chief of staff in autumn after watchdog recommendation

The National (Scotland)

Sue Gray given six-month wait for Keir Starmer chief of staff job

PARTYGATE investigator Sue Gray can start as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in September after serving a six-month wait from when she left as a…

Evening Standard

Sue Gray can start work as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in September, says watchdog

Ex-civil servant and Partygate investigator Sue Gray can start as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff in September after serving a six-month wait, Whitehall's appointments watchdog has ruled.

The Independent UK

Partygate investigator Sue Gray cleared to become Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

But the government is set to accuse Sue Gray of breaking civil service rules

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