Sue Gray is a British civil servant known for her role as a senior official in the UK government. She gained significant public attention as the head of the UK government's propriety and ethics team and later as the official tasked with investigating allegations of lockdown breaches at Downing Street during the COVID pandemic. Her report, released in , was highly anticipated and contributed to political fallout for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Gray is recognized for her commitment to accountability and transparency in government. In , she transitioned to a role as the chief of staff for the opposition Labour Party. Privacy Policy Feedback. A new book says Sir Simon, supposedly an impartial civil servant at the time, then called the BBC's director-general Tim Davie, to air Downing Street's reservations about the story.
After a bruising start to his premiership and a record collapse in personal ratings, the friends said that Sir Keir 'needs a lot of soothing and a lot of buoying up at the moment'.
Labour MPs have begun to think the unthinkable. The Prime Minister is set to appoint Sue Gray as a Labour peer in the house of Lords, as part of a cohort of around 30 of his allies despite plans to cut the chamber.
Keir Starmer has been accused of sidelining his vow for the UK to have the fastest growth in the G7 as he struggles to 'reset' the government. The Labour Left is in revolt over what it regards as a 'political hit job' on former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh by allies of Sir Keir Starmer following her resignation over a past conviction for fraud.
