Sue Gray

Sir Chris Wormald and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street. PIC: Alastair Grant/PA Wire

The civil service is to facilitate change, not prevent it - David Behrens
If they threw honours at writers the way they do at civil servants, I would be Baron Behrens by now. I wouldn’t have earned the title, you understand; it would ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves before addressing the Labour Party Conference. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Labour will bear responsibility for death of pensioners this winter - YP Letters

Sue Gray resigned from her position as Downing Street chief of staff. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

What Sue Gray’s exit tells us about Keir Starmer’s leadership - David Behrens

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Sue Gray. PIC: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Sue Gray tasked with 'resetting' relationships with regions in new job

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner meeting elected 'metro' mayors at 10 Downing Street (South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard attended online as he has Covid). Picture: Number 10 photostream

Yorkshire mayors to join Labour's Council of Nations and Regions

Sue Gray. Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

'Chaos' in No10 as Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff Sue Gray quits

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Sue Gray. PIC: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Why I believe Sue Gray is justified getting paid more than the PM - YP Letters

Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood.

Ministers are 'failing' to protect the public due to prison crisis, report warns

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the media as he reacts to criticism of his appointment of Sue Gray. PIC: Rebecca Black/PA Wire

Why the partygate report now belongs in the bin - YP Letters

Handout photo issued by the House of Commons showing the then prime minister Boris Johnson (right) at a leaving gathering in the vestibule of the Press Office of 10 Downing Street, London, when rules were in force for the prevention of the spread of Covid, which was released in the Committee of Privileges report. PIC: PA

Boris Johnson shredded his own reputation and premiership - Andrew Vine

Sue Gray, the senior UK civil servant blamed by allies of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson for helping ensure his downfall, quit on Thursday

Sue Gray set to join Labour as Starmer’s cheif of staff

Sue Gray is Sir Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff for Labour Party

Former health secretary Sajid Javid delivers a personal statement to the House of Commons, Westminster, following his resignation from the cabinet on Tuesday.

Sajid Javid tells Boris Johnson 'enough is enough' in resignation speech

Kate Josephs is to remain as Sheffield City Council chief executive.

Kate Josephs staying as Sheffield Council chief executive after Partygate saga

Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP faces a vote of confidence. (Pic credit: Michelle Adamson)

What's a vote of no confidence and when will we find out the result of the vote?

Boris Johnson is to face a no confidence vote tonight

Boris Johnson to face no confidence vote from Tory MPs today

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and wife Carrie Johnson at the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, London (Photo: PA Wire/Stefan Rousseau)

Prime Minister booed by onlookers outside Jubilee thanksgiving service

Should Prime Minister Boris Johnson resign? Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Privileged elite do not understand problems decent citizens face - YP Letters

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to CityFibre Training Academy in Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington.

Yorkshire Conservative grandee says Boris Johnson is in 'real trouble'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to CityFibre Training Academy in Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington.

Conservative Yorkshire council leader calls on Boris Johnson to resign

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Downing Street last week

More Conservative MPs call on Boris Johnson to resign in the wake of partygate
More MPs were calling on the Prime Minister to resign in the wake of the partygate scandal yesterday, as Downing Street came under renewed pressure to disclose whether Carrie Johnson had hosted another lockdown party in the private flat.
Caitlin Doherty

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced measures to support people with the cost of living. Photo: Oli Scarff - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak's cost of living package desperately needed - Yorkshire Post says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in Downing Street, London

Standards at heart of Government 'fell short' Sue Gray rules

Hull woman Julie Taylor-Broadbent died of covid in May 2020

Woman tells how she chose 10 to attend wife's funeral as Downing St partied

Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Julian Sturdy during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in March 2022

Yorkshire MP Julian Sturdy calls on Johnson to resign following Gray report

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a gathering in 10 Downing Street for the departure of a special adviser on 13/11/20.

Sue Gray report tells us nothing new about PM but everything about your own MP

The Prime Minister raising a glass at one of the Downing Street gatherings.

Sue Gray report revelations bring shame on Number 10 - The YP says

Sheffield City Council CEO Kate Josephs

Sheffield council CEO Kate Josephs says she is 'truly sorry' after Gray report

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement to the House of Commons

Boris Johnson tells Commons he takes 'full responsibility' for partygate

Handout photo dated 13/11/20 issued by the Cabinet Office showing Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a gathering in 10 Downing Street

Sue Gray report condemns ‘party’ failings at heart of Boris Johnson’s government

File photo dated 29/10/2019 of the front door of number 10 Downing Street in London

Sue Gray report: Partygate investigation handed over to Downing Street

A photo illustration shows a printed out version of the update on the investigation into alleged gatherings on government premises during Covid restrictions on January 31, 2022. (Pic credit: John Keeble / Getty Images)

Sue Gray report: What is the Sue Gray report? Has the report been published?
What is the Sue Gray report about and what could it mean for Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson chairs a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London.

No 10 insiders describe PM condoning parties by ‘grabbing a glass for himself’

Sue Gray.

Sue Gray report: Who is Sue Gray? What are her roles and responsibilities?

ITV handout photo dated 13/11/20 of a photograph obtained by ITV News of the Prime Minister raising a glass at a leaving party on 13th November 2020

Boris Johnson under renewed partygate pressure after drinking pictures

ITV handout photo dated 13/11/20 of a photograph obtained by ITV News of the Prime Minister raising a glass at a leaving party on 13th November 2020

Pictures show Boris Johnson raising glass during lockdown leaving party

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street, London

Minister insists that Boris Johnson would 'never intervene' in partygate report

A policeman guarding Downing St

Sue Gray report must be published now - The Yorkshire Post says

Boris Johnson.

Why Boris Johnson is what I would call Trouble with a capital T - Bernard Ingham

Sue Gray is on the selection panel choosing 12 new levelling up directors, including one for Yorkshire

Sue Gray to help Gove find new £144,000 levelling up director for Yorkshire

An internal investigation has been ordered into Sheffield Council chief executive Kate Josephs' involvement in Partygate.

Secrecy over Kate Josephs Partygate emails 'in public interest', council claims

Lord Patel: Is trying to forge a new path forward for Yorkshire following the Azeem Rafiq scandal. (Picture: Simon Hulme)

Yorkshire CCC civil war needs ending now - Chris Waters

Boris Johnson's leadership continues to be called into question.

Levelling up destroyed by Boris Johnson’s lies – Tom Richmond

Boris Johnson is facing growing criticism from his own MPs.

What Yorkshire MPs are - and aren't - saying about the future of Boris Johnson

Kate Josephs is on paid leave from Sheffield Council following her involvement in the Partygate scandal.

Partygate: Mystery over 'independent investigation' into Sheffield Council boss

US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hold a meeting at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019.

Partygate: How Boris Johnson became Donald Trump in disguise – Tom Richmond

Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Conservative MP Julian Sturdy speaking in the House of Commons. (UK Parliament)

'No justification' for Government to 'airbrush' Gray report, says Yorkshire Tory

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivering a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on the Sue Gray report (UK Parliament)

Downing Street pledges to publish Sue Gray update after Boris Johnson pressure

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg, Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Priti Patel listening to a response after the Prime Minister delivered a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on the Sue Gray report (UK Parliament)

Boris Johnson faces Conservative anger from over partygate scandal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on the Sue Gray report.

Boris Johnson: ‘Where circumstances demand honour, he dissembles’ – Andrew Vine

This was Boris Johnson presenting Sue Gray's update on the 'partygate' scandal to Parliament where he came under fire from, amongst others, Theresa May,

Did Boris Johnson not read or understand his own Covid rules? – The YP says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on the Sue Gray report (PA)

Boris Johnson ‘sorry’ after Sue Gray’s report criticises ‘failures of leadership...

Kathryn de Prudhoe (left), a psychotherapist from Leeds with her family, she lost her father Tony Clay (back right) to Covid in April

Yorkshire woman slams 'cavalier attitude' of Government in wake of Gray report

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, Westminster, for the House of Commons, where he will make a statement to MPs on the Sue Gray report

How to read the much-anticipated Sue Gray report into Partygate in full

A police officer in Downing Street, London (PA)

Police probing event in Downing Street flat after Gray report update published

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament.

As Sue Gray report emerges, key 'partygate' tests for Tory MPs - Tom Richmond

A view in the screen of a video camera of the front door of 10 Downing Street, London.

Sue Gray gives 'update' on party-gate findings to Downing Street

Is Home Secretary Priti Patel a contender to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister?

Why Priti Patel should succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister – Jason Reed

How can Boris Johnson get his government back on track following the 'partygate' scandal?

What levelling up should mean in cost of living crisis – Robert Halfon

Thumbs up: National Insurance rise set to go ahead despite cross-party opposition (image: Getty Images)

PM and Chancellor: ‘National insurance hike necessary despite cost of living cri...

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