Overview

• Ninjeri (Nin) Pandit is leaving the principal private secretary role after about 10 months to take a new delivery-focused post reporting directly to the prime minister from September.
• Downing Street says she retains Keir Starmer’s trust, after the BBC reported he had concerns about her effectiveness, and the handling of the briefing has drawn criticism as unfair and needlessly harsh.
• Recruitment for a new principal private secretary has begun, and senior Treasury official Dan York-Smith is widely reported to be the expected successor to bolster No 10’s economic capacity.
• Pandit’s move marks the third senior change in roughly a year, following the departures of chief of staff Sue Gray and communications director Matthew Doyle.
• Multiple outlets report further No 10 adjustments and a junior ministerial reshuffle are expected when Parliament returns as the government prepares its autumn fiscal package.