Sue Gray could start work for Labour in autumn

Former elder civilian servant Sue Gray could instrumentality up a occupation arsenic Sir Keir Starmer's main of unit successful the autumn.

Ms Gray discontinue the civilian work successful March, prompting fury successful authorities and claims rules had been broken.

The authorities wanted to halt Ms Gray moving for Labour for a twelvemonth - with a further six months of restrictions.

However, reports suggest authorities advisers are recommending she could commencement the occupation six months aft leaving the civilian service.

The BBC has been told the aforesaid by idiosyncratic with cognition of the process.

The autarkic Advisory Committee connected Business Appointments (Acoba) has been looking into the assignment and volition supply a last judgement connected Ms Gray's departure.

Ms Gray has held immoderate of the astir elder roles successful the civilian work and is champion known for starring an probe into the Partygate scandal, which contributed to Boris Johnson's downfall arsenic premier curate past year.

Her determination to permission the civilian work aft being offered a occupation with the Labour Party sparked choler among immoderate Conservative MPs, peculiarly allies of Mr Johnson who said the quality raised questions astir the impartiality of Ms Gray's study connected the erstwhile premier minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden ordered an interior probe - abstracted to Acoba's enquiry - into the events situation Ms Gray's resignation.

Under the civilian work code, officials of Ms Gray's seniority indispensable hold a minimum of 3 months earlier taking up extracurricular employment.

Senior civilian servants, arsenic good arsenic ministers, are expected to cheque with Acoba astir immoderate employment they privation to instrumentality wrong 2 years of leaving government.

Acoba provides proposal and tin urge a hold of up to 2 years successful starting a caller job, but it has nary powerfulness to artifact appointments.

However, Labour has said the enactment and Ms Gray volition abide by Acoba's recommendations.