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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Would Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone have Mandelson messages on it?

Morgan McSweeney
Morgan McSweeney used a personal phone to call 999 after his work device was stolen in central London last October. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Morgan McSweeney is not the first person to have had their phone snatched on a London street, but the fact he was at the time Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, and that his phone most likely contained messages to and from Peter Mandelson, has prompted questions. So what do we know about the circumstances surrounding the theft of McSweeney’s phone?

What is the official story?

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