When I leaked Sue Gray’s salary last month, details of her pay were less important than what the leak revealed about the anger of those alongside her in government. In short, they were flipping angry - angry about her perceived power,

Sir Keir has now acted. Ms Gray has been replaced as chief of staff by Morgan McSweeney, a long-time aide who orchestrated first his campaign for the Labour leadership and then the party’s landslide election victory. Two deputies, Vidhya Alakeson and Jill Cuthbertson, will report to him.