Labour comms director helped write manifesto while still working at TikTok

James Lyons wrote in his LinkedIn post that he had helped rewrite Labour’s 2024 manifesto while still working for Chinese-owned social media firm TikTok Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

A senior executive at TikTok helped write the Labour manifesto while still working at the Chinese-owned technology company, he has said.

James Lyons, who left his post as Keir Starmer’s director of strategic communications last week, wrote on LinkedIn that he was asked last year to help write the party’s election pledges while he was still working for the social media platform.