Sue Gray has unceremoniously been ousted from Number 10, after nearly three decades of being in the civil service, and just three months into her role as Chief of Staff. She’s been given the new role of Prime Minister’s envoy for the “regions and nations”, aptly described by Tory MP Simon Hoare as “a bit like the Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief’s Chief Assistant.” The ‘most powerful woman in Britain’ no more…

To add salt to the wound for Gray, she’ll be taking a pay cut from her hard-negotiated £170,000 salary. And for her first outing, she’ll be shipped 500 miles from London to Scotland (exact location unknown) to attend the first Council of the Nations and Regions meeting this Friday, discussing the “shared challenges” and “opportunities” across the UK. One week in to her new job, she’s literally been sent as far away from Whitehall as possible…

UPDATE: Starmer’s spokesman refuses to confirm if Gray is even on the list for Friday’s meeting in Scotland.