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,

BBC told that PM’s chief of staff receives £170k a year, more than any cabinet minister or her Tory predecessor