Sir Keir Starmer has declined to give Angela Rayner, the Deputy Prime Minister, a seat on the National Security Council despite Sue Gray, his former chief of staff, having attended the committee.
Details published on Thursday show there is no permanent seat for Ms Rayner on the NSC, marking a break from former practice.
The committee, led by the Prime Minister, includes Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, John Healey, the Defence Secretary, Lord Hermer, the Attorney General and Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden.
Ms Gray also attended the meetings in her former post as Sir Keir’s chief of staff, it has been reported.
Previous deputy prime ministers have been permanent members of the group since it was established by David Cameron in 2010.
The only exception was Therese Coffey, who served as deputy during Liz Truss’s brief tenure in Downing Street. Ms Truss abolished the NSC to set up a larger foreign policy and security committee instead, with Ms Coffey as the deputy leader.
Source: telegraph.co.uk