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Evening Standard
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Politics
David Lynch

More revelations will follow leak which led PM’s aide to resign, author says

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

A series of leaked messages which caused a senior aide to Sir Keir Starmer to resign will be followed by further disclosures likely to cause upheaval within the Government, the author of a new book has said.

Paul Ovenden quit his role as No 10’s director of strategy on Monday, after messages from 2017 came to light in which he made derogatory sexual remarks about veteran left wing MP Diane Abbott.

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