The Latest Breaking News from Morgan McSweeney

Keir Starmer and his team mount a leadership challenge … to himself

It’s as if everyone at No 10 has had a collective breakdown, an act of self-harm on an unimaginable scale

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Streeting row focuses attention on ‘toxic’ No 10 and Starmer’s leadership

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to condemn briefing against his Cabinet after reports about a possible Wes Streeting coup.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

Keir Starmer under pressure over future of Morgan McSweeney amid briefing row

Ministers and Labour MPs point finger at PM’s chief of staff over No 10 operation that targeted Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Keir Starmer to warn Labour that battle with Reform is ‘fight for soul of the nation’

Exclusive: PM says history will not forgive his government if it fails to confront and defeat the populist right

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2025

Morgan McSweeney will not face new donations investigation, says watchdog

Electoral Commission decision will come as relief to PM after Tory claims that his chief of staff’s position was in peril

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2025

Voices: Starmer’s digital ID plan is a ‘dead cat’ play – and it won’t stop the boats

COMMENT: The PM looks like he’s cobbled together a headline-grabbing distraction from his troubles by launching a scheme that will be ineffective against its apparent target – illegal immigrants – and won’t happen for years, if at all, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025

Boost for Starmer as top aide Morgan McSweeney avoids investigation over donations

Labour Together, where Morgan McSweeney was director before coming to work for Sir Keir, was fined by the elections watchdog over its handling of £740,000 donations in 2021

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025

Watchdog rejects Tory call to reopen probe into Labour Together donations

The Conservatives had called for a new probe into the handling of donations during Morgan McSweeney’s time as Labour Together’s director.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025

Elections watchdog rules out fresh probe into Morgan McSweeney think tank

THE elections watchdog will not reopen an investigation into secret donations to a group which helped propel Keir Starmer to power – despite…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2025

What is the Labour Together row and are there risks for Keir Starmer?

The Tories are calling for the standards commissioner and the police to investigate the Labour-aligned thinktank

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025