Two months after leaving government, Sue Gray is still causing headaches for ministers. The partygate inquisitor is back in the news following her refusal to cooperate with a Cabinet Office probe into her shock defection to the Starmtroopers as Sir Keir’s chief of staff. Unwilling to answer questions to an official government inquiry? What would the Sue Gray of 2021 make of that…
Attention therefore switches to the second investigation being conducted by ACOBA into Gray’s defection. This, Labour says, ought to be the real inquiry because ACOBA is an independent body, exempt from the machinations of those beastly Tories. They are expected to make a recommendation on Gray’s appointment by the summer, with ministers pressing for a ‘cooling off’ period of up to two years. In the interim Mr S has helpfully compiled a list of the three questions which Labour ought to answer as we wait, once again, for a report concerning Sue Gray…
When did Labour first approach her?
Starmer has repeatedly refused to say when he and Gray spoke about a potential job with Labour while she was working in government.
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