Questions are swirling around Gray’s departure from her £170,000 post in Downing Street. The government is refusing to say whether Morgan McSweeney will also be paid more than the PM as new Chief of Staff…

A Cabinet Office source reckons Gray won’t get a SpAd severance payment because she’s shifting to another role in government. Guido finds it hard to believe she won’t be given something like a three-month sweetener…

It has been confirmed at today’s Lobby briefing that Gray’s demotion to an advisory role will be a direct ministerial appointment to the Cabinet Office, and therefore subject to pay. They are usually reserved for part-time projects, though Downing Street’s spokesman refused to say if her role is time-limited. She’s firmly ensconced in the Civil Service…

That means Gray will keep on getting her Civil Service perks. Downing Street’s spokesman also refuses to say if Gray will be given a peerage. That’d be another £332 per day…