Sue Gray given six-month waiting period for Keir Starmer job
by Rowena Mason and Pippa Crerar from World news | The Guardian on (#6CM0S)
Former senior civil servant will start work as Labour leader's chief of staff in autumn after watchdog recommendation
Sue Gray will start work as Keir Starmer's chief of staff by the autumn after a ruling by the watchdog on post-government jobs but is facing a rap on the knuckles from the Cabinet Office alleging she broke the civil service code.
Starmer said he was delighted that Gray would be starting her job in his office before the next election, after the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) said she needed to wait six months after leaving her role in the Cabinet Office last March.
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