Starmer Forced Into Messy Reset Less Than 100 Days In
- Sue Gray ousted as chief of staff after bitter infighting
- Reshuffle of No. 10 team comes amid doubts over fiscal plans
Keir Starmer
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Keir Starmer replaced his top aide and the Treasury acknowledged that key tax-raising plans were under review, as the Labour government tried to correct course from what even allies say has been a rocky three months in power.
In an attempt to end the turbulence engulfing Britain’s first Labour administration in 14 years, the prime minister on Sunday moved his chief of staff Sue Gray out of her role following internal complaints about the political operation she ran at 10 Downing Street.