Once is unlucky, three times is a pattern: Departures from Starmer’s top team reflect dysfunction in No 10

As the old saying goes: “Once is an accident, twice is unlucky but three times is a pattern."

Nin Pandit, who was the principal private secretary in No 10 and ran the prime minister’s team, was not a household name by any means, but nevertheless she was an important cog in Sir Keir Starmer’s Downing Street operation.