Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Although the official line from No.10 was that Gray resigned, HuffPost UK has learned that the PM ultimately decided that she had to go.A senior Labour source said: “Change was needed. Things weren’t working properly. Better to do it now than let it drag on.”pay back around £6,000The move appeared to be an admission of guilt by the PM, and inevitably led to other ministers being asked whether they would be following suit. So far, none have done so.
“People are annoyed about the lack of preparation,” said one Downing Street source. “It’s actually unforgivable.”But the row over freebies for senior Labour figures has refused to go away, completely overshadowing the government’s attempts to get back on the front foot. To add insult to injury for Gray, McSweeney has replaced her as chief of staff as part of a major shake-up inside No.10.“He ran one of the most disciplined, strategic and successful election campaigns in history. People said we could never win the party back from the hard left - Morgan did it.”
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