Sue Gray resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff – POLITICO

LONDON — Keir Starmer’s most senior aide, Sue Gray, has quit her role as the U.K. prime minister overhauls his Downing Street operation following a rocky start in government.

Gray, a former senior civil servant, had become a lightning rod for internal criticism since Labour’s election victory on July 4, with colleagues blaming her for a myriad of issues including communications failures, the slow appointment of ministers and low pay for special advisers. 

“She had a lot of protection being a civil servant — but she has none of that now,” one senior Whitehall official warned POLITICO in August.