
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is removing his principal private secretary, Nin Pandit, after less than a year in the post, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The move follows concerns inside Downing Street that Pandit was not proving effective in the gate-keeping role, though officials said she is likely to be offered another position within government. Pandit’s departure marks the third time in 11 months that Starmer has replaced a senior aide in No. 10, after chief of staff Sue Gray left last October and director of communications Matthew Doyle stood down in March. The latest shake-up comes days before Starmer is expected to promote several junior ministers in a limited government reshuffle, signalling further changes to his inner circle as he seeks to steady relations with restive Labour backbenchers.
Sir Keir Starmer's decision to axe his principal private secretary Nin Pandit - along with a particularly brutal briefing to @hzeffman that she was 'ineffective' in the role - comes ahead of the reshuffle next week It sounds like it is limited to promoting rising stars to the
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