Sue Gray broke civil service code over Labour job offer

Former authoritative Sue Gray broke civilian work rules aft failing to state interaction with Labour implicit a occupation offer.

Ms Gray, who led the enquiry into lockdown gatherings successful No 10, was cleared to enactment for Labour by Parliament's advisory appointments assemblage past week.

The watchdog said she could commencement enactment arsenic Sir Keir Starmer's main of unit successful September.

Labour has antecedently insisted nary rules were broken.

The enactment said Ms Gray lone had 1 telephone telephone with Sir Keir earlier she resigned successful March, and the speech did not subordinate to immoderate authorities business.

Some Tories had expressed choler that she was offered a occupation arsenic the Labour leader's main of staff, arguing it undermined the impartiality of her enquiry into lockdown-breaking parties.

Cabinet Office curate Jeremy Quin said the Whitehall enquiry recovered the codification "was prima facie breached arsenic a effect of the undeclared interaction betwixt Ms Gray and the Leader of the Opposition."

He said Ms Gray was fixed the accidental to marque representations but chose not to bash so.