She is leaving after rows over pay and donations and will take up a new role as the prime minister's regional envoy.

Spokesperson fails to address questions over whether Gray resigned or was sacked as chief of staff or specify her salary for her new role. Farage backtracks on claim he is not holding in-person constituency surgeries due to security advice from Commons 13:46 Nigel Farage,

Keir Starmer’s most senior adviser has resigned just three months after Labour’s UK general election win, a major blow to the premier following weeks of internal infighting and mounting criticism of his political operation.