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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Labour Party hiring former civil servants ‘in preparation of forming government’

The Labour Party is reportedly hiring a large number of former civil servants in preparation for forming a new government, should it win the next general election.

It comes after “formidable” civil servant Sue Gray, who became a household name by leading a probe into lockdown parties at Downing Street, was hired as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff in March.

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