Starmer’s communications chief to address cabinet on media strategy overhaul

David Dinsmore joined the government from the Sun’s parent company News UK and is a senior civil servant, not a political appointee. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

Keir Starmer’s Whitehall communications chief will address the cabinet on overhauling the government’s media strategy on Tuesday as ministers increasingly try to combat far-right rhetoric online.

David Dinsmore, a former editor of the Sun who was appointed permanent secretary for government communications in November, will speak to ministers about modernising the way they reach voters.