Keir Starmer has faced questions over his chief of staff Sue Gray, gifts and winter fuel payment cuts in a pre-conference round of interviews with regional broadcasters

Sue Gray's salary has been revealed to be higher than that of the prime minister's. As a salary, £170,000 is many times higher than the national average, but considerably less than plenty of people, some in the public sector and many in the private sector,

Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, is to oversee a leak inquiry into “hostile briefing” against Sue Gray after it was revealed that she earns more than the Prime Minister. Mr Case has reportedly been asked to look into the story about Ms Gray,

Sir Keir Starmer is facing an acrimonious pay revolt at the heart of his government after it emerged that his chief of staff Sue Gray is being paid £170,000 a year, more than the prime minister himself.