Sue Gray, once known as the steely investigator at the heart of the Partygate scandal, has made her first official appearance in the House of Lords—and she didn’t hold back. Now Baroness Gray of Tottenham, the former top civil servant, used her maiden speech to issue a pointed warning to the Government about its treatment of the Civil Service.
She took direct aim at the rhetoric surrounding proposed cuts, clearly rattled by the way civil servants are being talked about. “When derogatory statements are made about them,” she said, “they hear it too.” It was a subtle but strong reminder that behind every job stat or budget cut is a person actually doing the work—often quietly, often thanklessly, reported the Standard.
