3 h. ago Senior Starmer adviser quits over offensive Diane Abbott messages

Departure of political strategy director Paul Ovenden is yet another setback for PM after Mandelson and Rayner exitsA senior adviser to Keir Starmer has resigned after it was revealed he sent inappropriate messages about the Labour MP Diane Abbott eight years ago.Paul Ovenden quit on Monday as the prime minister’s director of political strategy after details emerged about a sexually explicit WhatsApp conversation he had in 2017. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Senior Keir Starmer aide resigns over 'explicit messages about Diane Abbott'

The remarks were reportedly made about veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott.

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6 h. ago Top Starmer aide quits over sexually explicit Diane Abbott messages

Paul Ovenden has quit his top Downing Street role after the messages he shared about Diane Abbott emerged

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6 h. ago Top Starmer aide resigns over explicit Diane Abbott messages in further blow to PM – UK politics live

Director of strategy Paul Ovenden quits to avoid becoming ‘distraction’ after details of derogatory emails emergeNigel Farage has announced that Danny Kruger has defected to Reform UK from the Tories. Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire, is a leading social conservative, and co-chaired the New Conservatives group in the last parliament with Miriam Cates.Farage said that Kruger would be in charge of preparing the part for government. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Senior Starmer aide quits over 'sexually explicit messages about Diane Abbott' in new blow to PM

Number 10’s Director of Strategy Paul Ovenden quits after emails he sent in 2017 emerge

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer's senior aide resigns over 'sexually explicit messages about Diane Abbott'

The aide is understood to have resigned after retelling a story he had overheard involving the veteran 71-year-old MP - This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer's senior aide resigns over 'explicit messages about Diane Abbott'

Keir Starmer's director of strategy has resigned from Downing Street after messages were leaked in which he allegedly made lurid and explicitly sexual comments about MP Diane Abbott

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22 h. ago DAN HODGES: The choice is clear. The Prime Minister has to sack McSweeney or go himself

On Tuesday, the Foreign Office became aware of the memo, and passed a copy on to Keir Starmer 's advisers, including his most senior aide Morgan McSweeney.

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27 h. ago Phillipson and Powell kick off Labour deputy race with very different visions for role

Education secretary says now is not time to ‘look backwards’ as Powell vows to be ‘independent voice’Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell fired the starting pistol in Labour’s deputy leadership race on Sunday, with the education secretary saying now was not the time to “look backward” on mistakes made by the party in its first year of government.The pair set out strikingly different approaches to the role of deputy leader, with Powell saying she would be an independent voice who would speak truth to senior leadership including Keir Starmer. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Downing Street 'ignored warnings about Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein when Labour grandee was made ambassador'

The senior Labour peer Maurice Glasman privately warned Keir Starmer 's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney against the appointment in January.

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8 d. ago Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes

Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’Keir Starmer has been warned by senior Labour figures to stop making mistakes, before a battle over the party’s deputy leadership and amid fears the government could row back on workers’ rights.As candidates began to jostle to replace Angela Rayner, the prime minister faced public criticism from Emily Thornberry, a potential contender, who said further mistakes from Starmer could lead to having to “hand our country to [Nigel] Farage”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Labour civil war to replace Rayner: New nightmare for Starmer as party's left try to take control and hammer his 'mistakes'

Dame Emily Thornberry, a senior Labour MP, said she was 'considering' a bid for the deputy role as she delivered a withering assessment of the Prime Minister's first year in power.

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8 d. ago Keir's next nightmare: Starmer faces Labour civil war over party's deputy leadership as senior MP delivers withering verdict on PM in wake of Angela Rayner row and migrant crisis

Dame Emily Thornberry, a senior Labour MP, said she was 'considering' a bid for the deputy role as she delivered a withering assessment of the Prime Minister's first year in power.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer is set to replace a THIRD senior staff member in less than a year as PM's top official leaves her role

Nin Pandit, the Prime Minister's principal private secretary (PPS), has only been in her job for 10 months but is now moving to another role in Downing Street.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer replaces third senior office aide in less than a year

The Prime Minister’s principal private secretary, Nin Pandit, is being replaced after just 10 months running the Prime Minister’s team in Number 10

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer is set to replace a THIRD senior staff member in less than a year as PM's top official is 'moved out of Downing Street'

Nin Pandit, the Prime Minister's principal private secretary, has only been in her job for 10 months.

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4 w. ago Zelensky says he’s ready to talk to Trump and Putin to end war in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump met for a second time in the White House before meeting senior European leaders including Keir Starmer

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