Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff – UK politics live

The PM’s chief of staff has resigned following his involvement in the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassadorSpeaking to Sky News this morning, Conservative shadow minister Alex Burghart said:This administration under Keir Starmer has failed. It has U-turned, I think, what, 14 or 15 times now. It has had two resets in the past five months, and it is now caught up in the worst political scandal of my lifetime.He was lied to by someone who was known to be a serial liar. There’s no excuse for the fact that he made the wrong judgment.He was in possession of enough facts to have not made that appointment and he did anyway and I am afraid, Laura, he now has to take responsibility for that … Continue reading...