The British government has so far resisted calls to hand over jets to help Ukraine fight the Russians - but the Ukainia leader has continued to insist they are needed. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed he and Rishi Sunak discussed the UK providing fighter jets in talks at Chequers today. "It's nonsense and as I've said many times before I didn't speak to Sue at all during the partygate investigation and that's the long and the short of it," Sir Keir said. He was questioned about her independence when undertaking the partygate probe. Sir Keir is planning to appoint Ms Gray as his next chief of staff - a move Tory MPs have claimed "weakens trust" in senior Whitehall officials. Sir Keir also discussed reports suggesting Boris Johnson had referred to the ex-mandarin as a "psycho", saying that "increasingly hysterical" comments will be made ahead of general election next year.Īllies of Mr Johnson have previously claimed that comments made in ex-press chief Guto Harri's podcast Unprecedented are "inaccurate".
The Labour leader claimed it is "nonsense" to question Sue Gray's independence during the partygate investigation over plans for the former senior civil servant to become his chief of staff. Here's more from Sir Keir Starmer's wide-ranging conversation with LBC this morning.
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