Sue Gray will not attend summit in new regions role

Ex-No 10 main of unit Sue Gray volition not be a determination concern acme connected Friday, aft precocious becoming the PM's determination envoy.

The civilian servant was appointed to the newly-created relation astatine the weekend, aft leaving her erstwhile occupation amid interior battles implicit her influence.

Government sources said she is taking a interruption earlier taking up her caller position, and volition statesman her caller duties successful the coming weeks.

Downing Street is yet to people details of her responsibilities arsenic Sir Keir Starmer's envoy for the UK's nations and regions.

The premier curate is owed to seat the first-ever gathering of a caller Council of the Nations and Regions successful Scotland connected Friday.

Leaders of devolved governments successful Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to attend, on with determination English mayors.

The gathering is expected to absorption connected however to boost determination investment, up of a large UK-hosted planetary concern acme adjacent week.

Whitehall seasoned Ms Gray, who became a household sanction aft starring the government's interior enquiry into the Partygate scandal, near arsenic Sir Keir's main of unit connected Sunday aft conscionable 3 months successful the post.

She has been replaced by longtime Starmer state Morgan McSweeney, who has been credited with masterminding Labour's predetermination triumph successful July.

She had been the taxable of antagonistic stories alleging clashes with different elder officials, and caught up successful a enactment implicit the wage of No 10 advisers.