Emma Revell: His past acts in Labour Together might see McSweeny forced to leave Starmer on his tod in Number 10

Electoral Commission Will Not Re-Open Investigation into McSweeney

The Electoral Commission said they will not re-open their investigation into Morgan McSweeney over the Labour Together donations scandal. They said it

The Guardian is still laying cover for Morgan McSweeney and Labour Together

The Labour Party has stated that Starmer’s leadership campaign paid Morgan McSweeney’s salary back in 2020. As such, the party holds that it didn’t need to declare McSweeney’s support as a donation. This is significant in the light of recent attacks from Tories over whether Labour should have declared support from McSweeney’s thinktank Labour Together. The opposition is now calling for an investigation into the nature of the party’s relationship…

Emma Revell: His past acts in Labour Together might see McSweeny forced to leave Starmer on his tod in Number 10

Emma Revell is External Affairs Director at the Centre for Policy Studies. When you have worked in think tanks for as long as I have, you’ll often get the question: ‘Who funds you?’ I’ve been asked it when giving talks to student groups, by new MPs who are finding their feet in Westminster for the first time. I’ve even been asked it on dates. It’s usually asked with sincerity, often by people who aren’t entirely sure what a think tank is in the …