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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bryony Gooch

Police arrest man over Morgan McSweeney phone theft

A man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to sell Morgan McSweeney’s phone after it was stolen.

Mr McSweeney, former chief of staff to Sir Keir Starmer, reported that his government device had been stolen on 20 October last year. The theft became national news amid concerns that key exchanges relating to Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as British ambassador to the US could be lost as a result of it.

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