Keir Starmer is urged to 'fess up' over Sue Gray contacts

Keir Starmer is facing a fresh storm today after it was claimed he approach Sue Gray to become his chief of staff as long ago as last October.

The Labour leader is being urged to 'fess up' over when he first made contact with the then-senior civil servant.

Sir Keir has repeatedly refused to disclose the timeline of the talks, despite concerns being raised that she might still have been involved in Partygate probes.

Ministers have suggested that Ms Gray might have breached the civil service code by failing to declare speaking to Labour. Sir Keir has said he is confident no rules were broken.

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