Sue Gray was banned from taking a new job in Downing Street after demanding a pay rise – following her sacking as Keir Starmer’s top aide on £170,000-a-year

Sue Gray was banned from taking a new job in Downing Street after she demanded a pay rise, it was reported today.

The prime minister’s former chief of staff was offered the role of ‘regional envoy’ but demanded more money to take on the role, according to reports.

Officials are said to have been so shocked by her demands that they were preparing to publicly declare she had not received value for money, the Sun reported on Sunday.

Last week it emerged that Ms Gray would no longer take on the envoy role she was offered after leaving Number 10 amid a row over her pay.

She is said to have asked for more than her previous salary of £170,000 to take on the part-time role as the Prime Minister’s envoy to the countries and regions.

However, she is still expected to be named a peer within weeks when his next honors list is released before the New Year.

The former senior civil servant left Number 10 last month, saying she was “at risk of becoming a distraction” after a row over her pay and a power struggle within Number 10.

She was replaced by Morgan McSweeney, who led Labour’s successful election campaign.

She was then offered a role as the Prime Minister’s Envoy to the Countries and Regions, but last week she said she would not take the job.

The Sun reported on Sunday that the offer had been withdrawn by Number 10 because Ms Gray had demanded an eye-watering pay package.

She earned more than the Prime Minister’s salary of £166,786 in her previous role and is said to have asked for more to fill the role of envoy.

The role of envoy is part-time – so although she would have earned less annually than the Prime Minister, she wanted more money per day worked.

A Westminster source told the newspaper: ‘Sue was busy with money.’

A Labor spokesman said it did not comment on personnel matters.