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Tory former minister defends Sue Gray’s ‘integrity’ amid move to Labour

Sue Gray spotted in Westminster
Keir Starmer was ‘fortunate to have secured [Sue Gray’s] services’, said Maude. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

A Conservative former minister has defended the “integrity” of Sue Gray, the senior civil servant who led the inquiry into the Partygate scandal, after her appointment to Labour’s staff.

Conservative MPs have expressed outrage over the planned recruitment of Gray, who received national prominence for her role investigating lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street.

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