Sue Gray to step down as Number 10 chief of staff

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Sue Gray, Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial chief of staff, has quit her role after only three months in Downing Street.

Gray’s departure follows weeks of internal criticism of her role in what is widely seen as a misfiring Downing Street operation and clears the way for a broader reset of the prime minister’s team.

Gray, a former civil servant who led a review into Covid parties in Boris Johnson’s administration, said: “I am pleased to have accepted a new role as the prime minister’s envoy for the regions and nations.”

She is replaced as chief of staff by Morgan McSweeney, who oversaw Labour’s successful election campaign and had acted as chief adviser to Starmer.

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