Sue Grey has resigned

valdavi

Kier's nowhere near resigning. They have not been wishy-washy in the months since the election, thus there are going to be ruffled feathers & a few flouncings. But look at that majority, the 5 years he has & his desire to do what's effective rather than what plays well with SM. More power to his elbow. & controversial tho it is on this site, the WFP being means-tested is not going to cause shock- horror among young people with expensively earned skills & no job market for them, or with single mums struggling to feed their families, or key-workers who can't afford the rent within a 30 mile radius of their job.They know that overall the over-60's are the richest sector of society, & that the triple lock remains.

Well said.👍

What a rise to the top this Gray woman has had. She didn't go to university, joined the Civil Service straight from school and then took a decade off to run a pub in Newry, Co Down.

Soon she’ll end up in the House of Lords with a platinum pension most of us can only dream of.

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sazz1

Kier Starmer should resign and I think he will sooner or later. Labour has dropped so far down the ratings with his crazy policies. Stopping the WFP to kill off many pensioners then proposing to up the inheritance tax is a win win policy for him. Not paying pension for old people dying of hypothermia. I can see through this move. He's a wicked person.

Oh for goodness sake, decent debate, or argument, but please stop with the nonsensical comments saying that the Labour government is deliberately killing off pensioners. I disagree with the withdrawal of WFP for some pensioners by the way. Changes to inheritance tax are rumour and conjecture.

Story

Well I haven’t been at all distracted by the Sue Gray salary store as it didn’t seem that important. I believe some new people have been hired to improve communications which is desperately needed. I am most disturbed by events overseas. Lammy isn’t shaping up too well as foreign secretary imo.

I think the 'distraction' line they are putting out is cover for worsening relationships in No. 10. Hopefully, Starmer has now sorted it and can get on with real work.

Kier's nowhere near resigning. They have not been wishy-washy in the months since the election, thus there are going to be ruffled feathers & a few flouncings. But look at that majority, the 5 years he has & his desire to do what's effective rather than what plays well with SM. More power to his elbow. & controversial tho it is on this site, the WFP being means-tested is not going to cause shock- horror among young people with expensively earned skills & no job market for them, or with single mums struggling to feed their families, or key-workers who can't afford the rent within a 30 mile radius of their job.They know that overall the over-60's are the richest sector of society, & that the triple lock remains.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Well she’s been ‘moved across’ to another post.
Same salary?
She’s to coordinate the ‘whole of the UK’. Bet she still has the ear of Keir Starmer.
They must think were easily fooled.

I believe she's moved on to a dual role. Does that mean two salaries? Nothing would surprise me, frankly.

We ought to at least get her name right.
It’s Gray.

Labour seem to be ripping themselves apart from the inside out. There must be some meaty stories about to drop this week in my opinion.

Oreo

Jane43
FYI
The Labour Party looked into how taking away the WFA from all pensioners other than those on benefits when they were a shadow cabinet, in case the Tories decided to cut it.The findings were that something like up to four thousand pensioners could die.

I know about that, it was seven years ago and the operative word is ‘could’. Since then pensioners have received rises of 28.5%, 80% of whom own their own homes outright. As I said the blame lies with the last government who allowed the energy companies to make obscene profits not with the loss of the cost of a cup of coffee, a pint of lager or a glass of wine a week.

The government took steps to stop wealthier pensioners including 2.7 million people whose income is more than £50,270 pa from receiving unnecessary handouts, the threshold is too low but hopefully it will be amended when possible.

Oreo

Thanks Wyllow3 I’d not noticed your link.
So Morgan McSweeney has come out on top🤔

Well, inevitably the more right media are presenting it as a battle, the rest as a re-organisation. I don't know much about Morgan McSweeney tbh, it's a wait and see.

Yes, and the BBC article gives full details of the whole re-shuffle as the Guardian did.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdenx2p32jxo

A good move.

Thanks Wyllow3 I’d not noticed your link.
So Morgan McSweeney has come out on top🤔

It's the first headline on the BBC. Sue Grey quits as Starmers chief of staff.

Its in the Guardian report I referenced for details of her new post in the re-shuffle.

Surprised to see SG resign from her newly acquired post.
Soon to be settled into another top job I bet tho.

Jane43
FYI
The Labour Party looked into how taking away the WFA from all pensioners other than those on benefits when they were a shadow cabinet, in case the Tories decided to cut it.The findings were that something like up to four thousand pensioners could die.

sazz1

Kier Starmer should resign and I think he will sooner or later. Labour has dropped so far down the ratings with his crazy policies. Stopping the WFP to kill off many pensioners then proposing to up the inheritance tax is a win win policy for him. Not paying pension for old people dying of hypothermia. I can see through this move. He's a wicked person.

Don’t you think you are being rather dramatic? ‘Killing pensioners off’. Four to six pounds a week is a tiny fraction of fuel bills which rose without any kind of control by the last government. You don’t know what is happening with inheritance tax until the budget at the end of the month and only around 4% of estates are affected by it anyway.

‘Not paying pension of old people dying of hypothermia’, more hyperbole, the WFA was never part of the state pension. Perhaps you should stop watching GB News, reading the Daily Mail and logging on to X - 70% of which is misinformation.

Ladyleftfieldlover

This is all very Daily Mail ish!

So it is Ladyleftfieldlover, without references or detail.

The Guardian has the details of what amounts to a re-shuffle of personnel which includes Sue Grey as the most well known.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/06/sue-gray-resigns-as-keir-starmer-chief-of-staff-downing-street

Comment to ladyfield⬆️

Oh give over!🤣🤣

No it's all fact.

This is all very Daily Mail ish!