KEIR STARMER CHIEF OF STAFF SUE GRAY QUITS – Rumours of in-fighting amongst his team of advisers
Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray resigned on Sunday following rumours about tensions within his team of advisers that cast a shadow over his government little more than three months after a landslide election victory.
Gray will take up a new post as Starmer’s envoy for the regions and nations, the prime minister’s office said.
She will be replaced by Morgan McSweeney who previously was chief adviser to the prime minister, it said.
Gray was hired by Starmer in 2023 when his Labour Party was in opposition. The appointment was considered controversial because she had led a 2022 government investigation into parties in Downing Street when Boris Johnson from the Conservative Party was prime minister.
The Conservatives said Starmer’s government had been “thrown into chaos” first by the criticism of the free gifts and then by Gray’s resignation.
“Sue Gray was brought into deliver a programme for the government and all we’ve seen in that time is a self-service government,” a spokesperson for the party said.
