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Sir Keir Starmer has hit out after it was revealed that there was a row within the Government over staff pay. It has emerged that the PM’s Chief of Staff, Sue Gray, received a pay rise, which means she is now on a higher salary than him. Ms Gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 after July’s election – about £3,000 more than the Prime Minister and more than her Conservative predecessor, Rishi Sunak’s Chief of Staff. One source told the BBC: “It was suggested that she might want to go for a few thousand pounds less than the Prime Minister to avoid this very story. She declined.” Her …

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