Labour insists Sue Gray resignation is 'perfectly normal'

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Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer has defended the decision of Sue Gray to resign from her position as Downing Street chief of staff, insisting that it is "perfectly normal" for the government to make changes to its leadership. Falconer said: "I've gone from Opposition to Government, and it is a very different set of challenges, and I think it is pretty normal as you go through a different set of challenges that you try and work out what the right team configuration is." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I want to say about Sue Gray, she's a member of staff rather than a politician so she can't really defend herself.

00:05She has been a dedicated public servant both in opposition and in the civil service beforehand.

00:09I think she's made a real contribution, it's up to the Prime Minister how he organises Number 10

00:15and he's clearly decided alongside Sue to make some changes and that's perfectly normal I think.

00:21I've gone from opposition to government and it's a very different set of challenges

00:25and I think it's pretty normal as you go through a different set of challenges

00:28that you try and work out what the right team configuration is.

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