Kier Starmer refused to reveal when Sue Gray was first approached for a senior job with the Labour Party.<br /><br />He was asked if he could prove a timeframe of when conversations first began with the high-profile Whitehall civil servant.<br /><br />The Labour leader dodged directly answering during his visit to Ulster University in Northern Ireland.<br /><br />Ms Gray headed up the bombshell report in May 2022 that investigated lockdown-busting parties in Boris Johnson's government.<br /><br />Mr Johnson was forced out of government just weeks later.