{"id":187967,"date":"2024-10-07T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sue-gray-became-lightning-conductor-for-criticism-of-starmer-government-minister-says\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T21:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:00:13","slug":"sue-gray-became-lightning-conductor-for-criticism-of-starmer-government-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sue-gray-became-lightning-conductor-for-criticism-of-starmer-government-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Sue Gray became \u2018lightning conductor for criticism\u2019 of Starmer government, minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OFxyQv-ksPk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sue Gray became \u2018lightning conductor for criticism\u2019 of Starmer government, minister says\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFxyQv-ksPk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s new team has started work in Downing Street after yesterday&#8217;s sudden departure of his chief of staff Sue Gray. A cabinet minister admitted that the senior civil servant had become a &quot;lightning conductor for criticism&quot; of the Government. <\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Prime Minister has promoted his head of political strategy Morgan McSweeney to replace her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s new team has started work in Downing Street after yesterday&#8217;s sudden departure of his chief of staff Sue Gray. A cabinet minister admitted that the senior civil servant had become a &quot;lightning conductor for criticism&quot; of the Government. 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