In four years. The bbc has been told that Sir Keir Starmer s Chief Of Staff received a Pay Rise after the election which means she is now paid more than the Prime Minister. Sue gray asked for and was given a salary of £170,000 £3,000 more than the pm and more than any cabinet minister. 0ur political correspondent, henry zeffman, has more. I knew that there were tensions at the top of government and this Storys Existence in some way from Chris Mason and me attests to those, but my phone has practically blown up in the hours since we published this story yesterday, with people across Whitehall And Westminster who are furious at Sue Gray, keir starmer s Chief Of Staff. And let me explain why. It is not necessarily about her salary in absolute terms. There will be people out there who think that not only Sue Gray as prime Ministers Chief of staff, but the Prime Minister himself ought to be paid a lot more. Im sure they could earn lots more in the private sector or certainly in parts of t
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on her knee injury but will she be ok for the world cup? also coming up on sportsday. a huge scalp taken in the world snooker championship seven time winner ronnie o sullivan is out. we ll show you how belgian luca brecel beat him. plus, emma raducanu is out the madrid open and it could seriously impact her world ranking. welcome to the programme. it s been billed as the title decider and while tonights match between manchester city and arsenal won t crown them champions it will change the dynamic of the league. if city win they will be just two points behind arsenal with two games in hand. if arsenal win, then they will go eight points clear at the top of the table. patrick geary reports. commentator: another arsenal win. the champions have come here to the emirates and they have won. what a significant moment this could be for arsenal! a 10th win in a row for manchester city. a missed opportunity for arsenal. only time will tell howi pivotal tonight will be. in
Some of you yesterday, today it is dry and bright with one or two showers but heavy rain tonight, full details coming up. Its thursday the 28th of september. Our main story. A Murder Investigation is continuing in south london after a 15 Year Old Girl was fatally stabbed on her way to school. A boy aged 17 was arrested shortly after the attack in croydon yesterday morning, and police say he may have known the victim. Our reporter Louisa Pilbeam has the latest. Behind these screens overnight, Forensic Experts search for evidence after a teenage girl was killed. Stabbed in the neck on a busy street on her way to school. This bus had been full of schoolchildren at 8. 30 yesterday morning on one of the main roads through the london borough of croydon. The bus driver and passers by tried to save the 15 year old. Witnesses said there had been an argument with a boy who tried to give her or her friend flowers. The girl, who has not been named by police, died before she could be taken to hospi
The pairs will be confirmed very shortly. Europe looking to reclaim the trophy, after they were somewhat demolished by the usa two years ago, and they have switched things up from their usual tactics, deciding to start with the foursomes this time, instead of the traditional four balls, our Sports Correspondent is out in italy for us, he explains the thinking behind that. The home team in the ryder cup gets to choose whether they start by playing either foursomes on the first morning when they take alternative shots or four balls when each player plays their own ball and the best score on the hole win, for 30 years now, europe have chosen to start with four ball bus the captain luke donald wants to starts with foursomes tomorrow. Mainly for the simple reason he thinks they are better at it. They are stronger and he says it is crucial that europe gets off to a decent start on the first morning. And bearing in mind two years ago when europe lost at whistling strait, they were 6 2 down on