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...Sue Gray, a former senior civil servant, is organising training sessions with shadow ministers ahead of their initial conversations with the officials who, if Labour wins the next election, would activate...
...Gray’s appointment has also drawn criticism....
Proposal for mandatory sessions in England and Wales to cut court delays scrapped after objections from dispute professionals
...“I’ve heard Jon Gray direct, eulogising about him,” said one of the people who had dealings with the private equity executive....
...Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray was among the scores of officials and academics who gave evidence to the IfG commission, according to people familiar with the matter....
...The two first met when Robbins was Tony Blair’s principal private secretary from 2006-7 and Gray was investigating the “cash for honours” scandal....
Justice secretary Alex Chalk plans to reverse ‘damaging effects’ of last year’s Supreme Court ruling
...There is also disquiet over the approach of Starmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray, Whitehall’s former chief enforcer....
...I’m Lucy Fisher and this is Political Fix from the Financial Times....
...“We would acknowledge that this is not going to be some sort of a V-shaped recovery. There are going to be plenty of troubled deals in the market,” added Gray....
...Labour’s manifesto will be finalised when Starmer holds a “Clause V meeting” attended by the shadow cabinet, union representatives and other senior party figures, but that cannot happen until Sunak calls...
...Now in the V&A museum, but once housed in a Hertfordshire coaching inn, it measures more than 3m wide – nearly twice the size of the typical Elizabethan bed....
...On a conference call with analysts in January, Gray said Breit had “weathered the storm” in real estate markets, but he warned that Blackstone did not expect to see a “V-sharped recovery” in property values...
...Miranda is still holding Sue Gray, Pat McFadden and Kemi Badenoch as we head into January....
Counsel for probe into handling of pandemic says delays are imposing ‘severe constraints’ on panel’s time
...On Monday night David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, and Sue Gray, Starmer’s chief of staff, were warned by councillors who want Labour to criticise Israel’s actions that the party had “a day or two...
Almost every aspect of pandemic will be put under microscope in investigations expected to last until 2026
...One Labour aide said that only Acoba had the authority to rule on whether Gray’s behaviour had been appropriate or not, and that Gray had given the body “all the information they require”....
...And we’ve had a lot in the past about Sue Gray the battle axe, you know, the ethics chief of Whitehall. Sue Gray the bridge builder also sounds to me a really interesting proposition....
...The Soviet cosmonauts initially used pencils — before purchasing Paul C Fisher’s pens themselves in 1969....
...Before most people knew what a camera was, the V&A was already amassing photographs....
...Lucy Fisher Stephen?...
...Robert Shrimsley We’re still waiting for Sue Gray. Lucy Fisher and Miranda Green(Laughter) Miranda GreenWe’re still waiting for Sue Gray. Like Godot....
...Lucy Fisher Yes....
...The best gifts I’ve given have come from a shop called Fisher London in Gray’s Inn Road run by a woman called Hilary Fisher....
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