Sue Gray has turned down Sir Keir Starmer’s offer to become his envoy for the regions and nations. Downing Street confirmed that, two months after being removed as the Prime Minister’s chief of staff,

The PM’s former chief of staff was due to take up a role as ‘envoy to the nations and regions’ but The Independent understands ministers were ‘not enthusiastic’ about the idea

Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Sue Gray has rejected the PM’s job offer to become a regions and nations envoy, according to reports. Gray, who attracted national attention after leading the civil service’s partygate probe during Boris Johnson’s premiership,

Ms Gray was due to take up the new job after she resigned from her position at the heart of Government in October.

Sue Gray will no longer take a job as the PM’s regions chief despite previously saying she was 'pleased' to accept the role after quitting as the PM's chief of staff

Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff declined a new role that was offered to her in his administration, effectively ending an acrimonious relationship that posed an early political test for the UK prime minister.

Keir Starmer's ex-chief of staff had been due to start the role of envoy to the nations and regions following a 'short break'. | ITV National News

Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff Sue Gray is not coming back to work with the PM, HuffPost UK understands. No.10 announced on October 6 that she was being made the prime minister’s envoy for nations and regions as part of a major Downing Street shake-up.

Sue Gray was set to take up the new role of envoy to the nations and regions after she resigned from her position at the heart of Government in October.