Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules "as a result of the undeclared contact" between her and the Labour Party, according to a Whitehall investigation.The former senior civil servant is due to take up the role as Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff after being cleared to start the job in September by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, the anti-corruption watchdog.

Partygate investigator Sue Gray broke civil service rules "as a result of the undeclared contact" between her and the Labour Party, according to a Whitehall investigation.The former senior civil servant is due to take up the role as Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff after being cleared to start the job in September by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, the anti-corruption watchdog.