A series of leaks about tensions in Whitehall is unsettling the Labour government
Sue Grayadvisor – was appointed on a salary of £170,000, putting her on a slightly higher wage than Starmer who earns around £167,000.reported that insiders had claimed Gray herself had asked for the salary after the election when she took on her new Government role and declined to cut it by a few thousand pounds so she would earn less than the PM.it was not the case that she had requested her salary – insisting that pay decisions were made by civil servants not political appointees.
“Sue won’t last. It might not be her fault, but it’s never a good thing when you end up becoming the story. Like Campbell, or Steve Hilton, or Nick and Fi, or Dom,” they said. In the early days of the new administration, there were reports of a rift between Gray and Starmer’s head of political strategy Morgan McSweeney. Gray was also accused of keeping a tight grip over newly-appointed ministers’ political staff, known as special advisors – forcing Cabinet sources to rush to her defence.
Downing Street was this week forced to deny suggestions there was a “nest of vipers” in Starmer’s senior team.The briefing has escalated to the point that Starmer himself sought to quell rumours of tensions over the weekend when he told reporters many claims were “wildly wrong”. A Cabinet Office spokesperson said: “These allegations are completely untrue. It is false to suggest that political appointees have made any decisions on their own pay bands or determining their own pay.
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