Sue Gray first made headlines as the investigator of lockdown-busting parties in Boris Johnson’s government, with civil service impartiality later thrown into question amid Tory criticism of her move to quit the Cabinet Office and join Labour as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.
The Whitehall veteran continued to feature in the news after taking on the party political job – with leaked disclosures revealing the 67-year-old earned more than the Prime Minister and reports of a power struggle within Downing Street between her and other aides – leading to her eventual resignation in October over her fears she was “becoming a distraction” to Sir Keir’s Government.
