Labour minister commissioned report on journalists

Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when director of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sourcesA Labour minister commissioned and reviewed a report in 2023 on journalists investigating the thinktank that helped propel Keir Starmer to power, the Guardian has learned.The research was paid for and subsequently reviewed by Josh Simons, now a minister in the Cabinet Office, when he was director of Labour Together, according to sources and documents seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...