Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules “as a result of the undeclared contact” between her and the Labour Party, a Cabinet Office investigation has found.
Gray—who led an investigation into allegations of parties being held in Downing Street in breach of the COVID-19 lockdown rules—accepted a job offer from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer soon after she resigned from the civil service in March.
The move prompted claims from former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Conservative MPs that she was politically biased and her Partygate report was tarnished.
On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA), Whitehall’s appointments watchdog, cleared her to start the job in September….