Just months after the general election, Sue Gray has resigned as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff. Last month, the BBC revealed that Ms Gray was paid a salary of £170,000 – more than the prime minister receives, which caused resentment from other government special advisers.
In a statement, Ms Gray – who has accepted a new role as Sir Keir’s envoy for the regions and nations – said she was resigning because it had “become clear to me that intense commentary around my position risked becoming a distraction to the government’s vital work of change”.
