Labour MP calls for a ‘clearout’ of advisers in Downing Street amid Mandelson scandal – UK politics live

February 6, 2026

Pressure continued to build on Keir Starmer to remove his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney

Downing Street has defied calls to remove Keir Starmer’s most senior aide, insisting Morgan McSweeney retains the prime minister’s confidence, as frustration grows over a wait for documents on Peter Mandelson, which some fear could last for weeks.

Amid warnings from Labour backbenchers that McSweeney’s survival would leave Starmer’s position “untenable”, Starmer apologised to victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Mandelson, a close friend of the convicted child sex offender, as US ambassador.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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