Suggestions Sue Gray’s Labour job is part of conspiracy are “for birds,” says Lucy Powell

Any suggestion that Sue Gray is part of a conspiracy in joining the Labour Party as chief of staff is “for the birds,” Lucy Powell has said.

Speaking to Sky News, the shadow culture secretary defended the Partygate chief investigator, dismissing any claims that her appointment was part of a Boris Johnson stitch up for his involvement in Downing Street parties.

It comes after Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed that Ms Gray had been offered “plum job” for “effectively destroying a prime minister and creating a coup”.

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