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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

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…

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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

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'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…

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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

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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

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Uganda electoral commission clears Museveni and Bobi Wine to run for president

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has cleared octogenarian President Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election in polls scheduled for early next year, potentially extending his rule in the East African nation to nearly half a century. His rival, Bobi Wine, was also cleared on Wednesday afternoon.

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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

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

The Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - UK

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

A Labour minister accused the Conservatives of mudslinging.

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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.

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2027 Nigerian poll could trigger unrest unless electoral commission is fixed

Political activities heralding Nigeria’s 2027 general elections are beginning to pick up.

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Call for children to have lessons in how to vote at 16 in UK election

Teachers will be asked to leave their politics at the classroom door in order to make sure pupils are not swayed on how to vote

The Guardian - UK

UK elections chief says children need lessons from 11 to be ready to vote at 16

Vijay Rangarajan says Electoral Commission’s material for schools will be impartial and calls on teachers to follow suit

Evening Standard

Labour Party membership falls by almost 200,000 in five years

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – well down on its 532,046 members at the end of

The Independent UK

One in 10 Labour members left party last year despite election landslide

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – down from its 532,046 peak in 2019

The Independent UK

Elections watchdog agrees to help Kyiv counterpart plan for post-war votes

The Electoral Commission has agreed to share with Kyiv best practice on cybersecurity and voter education.

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Labour accepted £40k donations from criminal it kicked out of party

Keir Starmer’s party said it is returning the money from Abdul Sattar Shere-Mohammod who was convicted of actual bodily harm in 2022

Evening Standard

Ministers seeking ‘inappropriate’ influence on elections watchdog – ethics tsar

Doug Chalmers said it was ‘inappropriate for the government of the day to seek to guide the work of the independent electoral commission’.

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