Lord Alli helped plan Labour’s first 100 days, book claims

The book also states that before the election, Lord Alli accompanied Ms Gray to “access talks”, where shadow ministers give government officials notice of their priorities.In previous years, access talks have begun as much as 18 months before polling day, and Rishi Sunak gave permission to allow Labour to begin the discussions with the civil service in January 2024.But what talks took place were often minimal and took place in extreme secrecy.The book claims that when the election was called, Sir Keir’s team were “caught out by the timing” and scrambled to intensify the talks with civil servants, one person familiar with the matter recalled.