Top aides to Keir Starmer were briefed on an "indefensible" investigation into journalists critical of the Labour Together thinktank. The probe, commissioned by then-director Josh Simons, involved PR firm Apco Worldwide and raised questions about Starmer's knowledge.
Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing internal pressure to resign after a tumultuous week of resignations and speculation about his leadership. Despite no formal challenge, allies and MPs are reportedly discussing replacements, with Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham seen as potential successors.
Labour Together, the think tank that helped deliver Keir Starmer's 2024 election landslide, is set to rebrand in mid-May after being rocked by scandal. The organization faced controversy when its then-director Josh Simons paid lobbying firm APCO Worldwide to conduct secret research into journalists investigating undisclosed donations. Simons, now a Labour MP, resigned as a government minister over the affair. New chief executive Alison Phillips says the rebrand will address perceptions of a 'factional boys' club' and that staff secondments to ministerial offices and donations to individual MPs will end.
Labour Together, the think tank that helped deliver Keir Starmer's 2024 election landslide, will rebrand in mid-May after a scandal involving secret research into journalists conducted by lobbying firm APCO Worldwide. Former director Josh Simons, now an MP, resigned as a government minister over the affair. New chief executive Alison Phillips says the rebrand will tackle perceptions of a 'factional boys' club' and end staff secondments to ministerial offices and donations to individual MPs.
