Those pushing to oust the prime minister are unlikely to be deterred by his right-hand man’s departure
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For some Labour MPs, the sight of Keir Starmer accepting the res…
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Starmer in fight to reassert control over Labour party after McSweeney exit ⊖
Allies hope aide’s departure can quell anger over Mandelson scandal but others say it leaves PM dangerously exposed
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Why McSweeney's departure could prove perilous for the PM ⊖
Starmer's chief of staff departs at a time the PM is isolated and in potential peril.
PM's chief aide McSweeney quits over Mandelson row ○
The adviser says he takes "full responsibility" for advising Sir Keir Starmer to make the peer US ambassador.
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
Morgan McSweeney’s fall offers a new beginning. Starmer and his cabinet had better grab it | Polly Toynbee ⊖
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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…
Kemi Badenoch savages Keir Starmer over McSweeney resignation, jeering 'once again it's somebody else's fault' ⊖⊖
Morgan McSweeney, who has been one of Sir Keir's closest aides for nearly six years, resigned today after pushing for the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Britain's ambassador to the US.
Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff ⊖⊖
Longtime aide has said he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising PM to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador
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Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has …
Ditch Starmer for a caretaker leader, Labour MPs say... as insiders claim PM's closest aide McSweeney is on brink of quitting ⊖
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Despairing Government backbenchers argue that unless the Prime Minister quits over the Peter Mandelson crisis, the party is heading for disaster at the Gorton and Denton by-election later this month,
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