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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Wingate and David Lynch

No 10 ‘boys club’ briefing culture will change under Andy Burnham, says Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell has insisted a "boys club" culture within No 10, including "nasty" anonymous briefings targeting women, will change under Andy Burnham, the presumptive successor to Sir Keir Starmer.

Labour’s deputy leader said she believed the “unpleasant” culture would be different under Mr Burnham, telling The Guardian that in Sir Keir’s Downing Street, “there was very clearly a pattern over time of anonymous nasty briefings against colleagues being disproportionately meted out to women.”

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