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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Lynch

Starmer urged to investigate links between Government and ‘creepy spy scandal’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to investigate whether there are links between his Government and a prominent think tank which has been accused of paying a PR firm to investigate journalists reporting on its funding.

Labour Together is said to have hired APCO Worldwide to investigate reporters from The Sunday Times, The Guardian and other outlets to identify their sources after stories about the think tank’s failure to declare more than £700,000 in donations.

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