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

It has emerged Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Sue Gray, received a pay rise which means she is now on a higher salary than him. The story, briefed to the BBC by a number of sources, painted a picture of fractious relationships at the heart of government,

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.