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Labour MPs call for Starmer to 'follow Morgan McSweeney's lead' after Chief of Staff resigned amid Mandelson saga ⊖
Labour MPs have called for Sir Keir Starmer to stand down after his chief of staff was force to quit Downing Street over the Peter Mandelson scandal.
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Downing Street chief of staff ⊖
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Peter Mandelson’s protégé quits as Keir Starmer seeks to appease angry Labour MPs and stay in Number 10
Mandelson should hand back US ambassador payout, says cabinet minister ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Pressure grows on Keir Starmer as Labour peer reported to have received payment worth three months’ salary when he quit in September
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Morgan McSweeney’s fall offers a new beginning. Starmer and his cabinet had better grab it | Polly Toynbee ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
If he and his philosophy were to blame for the government’s ills, now it can change tack. There can be no more excuses
Here is something they can’t take away from him: Morgan McSweeney is often credit…
The Mandelson acolyte at the heart of government: Morgan McSweeney was architect of Starmer's No 10 project and will hope falling on his sword could save the PM ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
The Cork-born strategist, long regarded as one of Starmer's closest allies and a key architect of Labour's 2024 election landslide, stepped down on Sunday.
Labour peer reveals how No10 ignored his warnings about Mandelson after he was shown Epstein photos - as he calls on party to 'repent' over 'perversion and paedophilia' ⊖
Lord Maurice Glasman described how he sent a memo to Morgan McSweeney, who has now quit as the Prime Minister's chief of staff, after attending Donald Trump's inauguration last year.
Will it be left to Labour's union backers to oust Starmer? FBU chief demands PM quits over Mandelson scandal as he mocks 'forensic Keir' over failure to discover peer's Epstein links ⊖⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Steve Wright, the chief of the Labour-affiliated Fire Brigades Union, called for the Prime Minister to go over the crisis that has engulfed his administration.
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