'Conservatives will never accept responsibility for their own actions, they are still looking to blame someone else', says Jonathan Reynolds in response to claims Sue Gray held talks with Labour whilst carrying out partygate investigations 📺 Sky 501
She was previously the director general of the government's propriety and ethics team between 2012 and 2018, and was then second permanent secretary to the cabinet office between 2021 and 2023, having worked with the Northern Ireland office team in the interim.
During her investigations, evidence was handed to the Metropolitan Police, leading to Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson getting fined. Last summer, the privileges committee opened an inquiry into the conduct of Mr Johnson in Downing Street during the pandemic, and it is the overlap between any contact Ms Gray had with this probe and her communications with Labour that Conservatives want to know more about.'We are not relying on the Sue Gray material', Mr Johnson repeatedly questioned the fact that Sue Gray had recently announced her move to Labour and questioned the veracity of her evidence.
Labour's Harriet Harman, who is chairing the inquiry, said the committee is not relying on any material from Ms Gray's report"and nor will we", adding she is not a witness in their inquiry. Jonathan Reynolds, the shadow business secretary, told Sky News there is a"process" to follow, and civil servants have left to work with political parties before.
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