Conservative MPs angry over Labour job offer for Partygate probe chief Sue Gray
Conservative MP Alexander Stafford, a former ministerial aide to Mr Johnson, said the appointment "doesn't pass the sniff test".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said there should be "an inquiry" into when she first made contact with Sir Keir. However, Labour's shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell said it was "ludicrous" to suggest her appointment undermined her Partygate report.
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