Sir Keir Starmer’s principal non-public secretary, Ninjeri Pandit, is leaving her position, Sky Information understands.
She has been in publish lower than a yr and is the third senior aide to Sir Keir to depart their position in 12 months, after chief of staff Sue Gray and director of communications Matt Doyle.
The BBC stories that the PM had “turn into involved” that Ms Pandit was “ineffective” within the position, although a Downing Avenue supply insisted that Ms Pandit retained Sir Keir’s “belief and confidence”.
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It’s price noting that Mr Doyle and Ms Grey had been political appointees, whereas Ms Pandit is a civil servant.
In response to her biography on the federal government web site, Ms Pandit was the director of the Downing Avenue coverage unit from late 2022, when Rishi Sunak was prime minister.
Earlier than that, she labored on well being coverage in Downing Avenue, and was chief of employees and lead coverage adviser to the NHS England CEO.
Downing Avenue declined to touch upon inside staffing.
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In a weblog publish from 2021, former Downing Avenue aide Dominic Cummings stated Ms Pandit was “one of many many good younger ladies I noticed across the desk who would have been a ten [times] higher PM than [Boris Johnson]”.
The principal non-public secretary runs the prime minister’s non-public workplace and manages the civil service workforce in Downing Avenue.
