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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Tories demand inquiry into claims Labour’s McSweeney misled elections watchdog

Morgan McSweeney outside Downing Street wearing a blue suit and grey backpack
Morgan McSweeney left Labour Together in April 2020, after which his successor flagged almost £740,000 in undeclared donations. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

The Conservatives have called for an investigation into Keir Starmer’s beleaguered chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, after allegations he tried to mislead the elections watchdog over donations to a Labour thinktank he ran while in opposition.

The organisation, Labour Together, was fined £14,250 by the Electoral Commission in 2021 over its handling of almost £740,000 of donations. The Tories have claimed that it used a “false excuse” of administrative errors.

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