Partygate investigator Sue Gray “declined to make representations” to an investigation into whether she broke the Civil Service Code by accepting a job as chief of staff of the Labour Party, it has emerged.
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 in March.
The Cabinet Office and the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) are both reviewing the timing of Gray’s resignation and her new job.
The Civil Service Code stipulates senior civil servants must wait a minimum of three months before taking up a job outside of the government….