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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Henry Dyer

Minister under investigation over targeting of reporters makes late donation declaration

Josh Simons
Josh Simons received gifts of £1,250 on 21 October and 4 December 2025 from Trevor Chinn, a longstanding Labour donor. Photograph: Labour Together

A Cabinet Office minister under investigation over his role in allegedly smearing journalists has made a late declaration of personal donations.

Josh Simons is facing an investigation from the prime minister’s independent adviser on ministerial standards over his role in commissioning a PR agency to examine journalists who had written about £730,000 in undeclared donations to Labour Together, a thinktank he led at the time.

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