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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

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

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

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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

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)

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

'Nowhere to hide': Keir Starmer's top aide 'ignored donation cover-up warnings'

KEIR Starmer’s embattled chief of staff is facing fresh questions after it emerged he ignored official warnings to declare thousands of pounds of…

The National (Scotland)

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Thursday briefing: Why Starmer’s fixer is back in the headlines

In today’s newsletter: With Labour’s conference looming, Morgan McSweeney’s role in Labour Together donations threatens to engulf the party in another scandal

The Guardian - UK

Tories refer Starmer to standards commissioner over allegations about historic campaign donations

Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake has asked for an investigation into the role of Keir Starmer’s now chief of staff in running his leadership campaign amid allegations of undeclared donations

The Independent UK

Labour says Starmer’s 2020 leadership campaign paid McSweeney salary

Party says aide’s campaign work did not need to be declared as a Labour Together donation amid new Tory attacks

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s relationship with his chief of staff faces biggest test yet

Morgan McSweeney under spotlight over late declarations of donations to thinktank when he was its director

The Guardian - UK

Labour donations row reignited by leaked email as Tories demand probe into Starmer's right-hand man

The Conservatives released a leaked email from a lawyer to Morgan McSweeney in response to the Electoral Commission investigating the failure to report donations to Labour Together

Evening Standard

SNP call on Keir Starmer to launch inquiry into Morgan McSweeney donations row

The SNP have called for Keir Starmer to "order a full and immediate inquiry” into the allegations that his top aide broke the law by hiding…

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham says Britain needs ‘wholesale change’ as Labour MPs prepare for conference – as it happened

Manchester mayor urges Keir Starmer to reveal plans to deliver reform but denies he is plotting to replace PM

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The Independent UK

Labour defends Starmer’s under-fire chief of staff after leaked email over £700k donations

The Tories published a legal letter on Morgan McSweeney’s handling of donations to his Starmerite think tank, Labour Together

Evening Standard

McFadden defends ‘talented’ No 10 chief of staff McSweeney from Tory attack

The Conservative Party published legal correspondence on Morgan McSweeney’s handling of donations to the Labour Together group.

The Guardian - UK

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

Starmer’s chief of staff used ‘false excuse’ for failing to declare donations to his former thinktank, Conservatives claim

The National (Scotland)

'New evidence' must see probe into Morgan McSweeney donations law breach, Tories say

DOWNING Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney hid more than £700,000 in donations to a Labour think tank for three years despite being explicitly…

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Evening Standard

Tories call for watchdog to probe Labour Together’s support for Starmer

A Labour minister accused the Conservatives of mudslinging.

The National (Scotland)

David Lammy dismisses calls for police probe into Morgan McSweeney donations row

DEPUTY Prime Minister David Lammy has dismissed calls for a police investigation into Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney ...

Evening Standard

Tories demand investigation into McSweeney over think tank donations

David Lammy accused the Opposition of ‘muckraking’ over its calls for an investigation into the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney.

The Guardian - UK

Who sat next to whom at Trump’s Windsor banquet – and what does it tell us?

US president was next to Princess of Wales while Rupert Murdoch had the ear of Starmer’s chief of staff

The Independent UK

Rupert Murdoch on state banquet guest list despite Trump lawsuit

Mr Murdoch was sitting on the same side of the table as the Queen and William

Evening Standard

Rupert Murdoch on state banquet guest list despite being sued by Trump

Several guests from the golfing world are attending, a move bound to impress avid player Mr Trump.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Keir Starmer is in deep water – but is he in danger of drowning?

Donald Trump’s second state visit in six years starts today at King Charles’s Windsor estate in style: a carriage ride (past Harry and Meghan’s old haunt of Frogmore Cottage, as it happens), a lavish evening banquet and panoply of military bands and fly pasts. It is a massive ceremonial courtesy…

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