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According to her Government biography, Ms Gray started working for the Cabinet Office in the late 1990s following her stint behind the bar in Northern Ireland during a “career break”.

Polly Mackenzie, who served as policy director in the Cabinet Office under former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg, said Ms Gray knew what holding the power to end careers felt like.

October 11, 2024 at 2:36pm BST Sue Gray has “not enjoyed” being in the public eye and this led to her decision to take a break from Government, a senior Cabinet minister has said.

Gray first worked for the Cabinet Office in the late 1990s, and worked as director general for propriety and ethics there for six years from 2012.