Morgan McSweeney is a “hard taskmaster” who will not be afraid to sack underperforming No 10 staff, Lord Mandelson has said ...

It’s an iron law of politics that when the staffer becomes the story they have to go. Dominic Cummings had to leave Boris ...

Keir Starmer’s first 100 days in office have been marred by unenforced errors – but his new chief of staff has kickstarted a ...

So who is Morgan McSweeney, the Prime Minister's newly appointed most senior advisor after Sue Gray quit the role saying ...

Former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has said the departure of Sue Gray will mean the Prime Minister will take orders from ...

If Sue Gray divided opinion inside and outside Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet – and she certainly did – then his chosen ...

McSweeney is the creative intelligence behind Starmer’s success, first in winning the leadership of the Labour Party and then in winning a huge election victory in the country. It makes sense to have ...

Sir Keir Starmer has attempted to regain control over his misfiring administration by ousting his chief of staff in the wake ...

Each of England’s 12 mayors are understood to have had an “excellent” working relationship with Gray and her demotion from No ...

The Labour Party is leading the Conservatives by just one point, a new poll has shown, after weeks of rows over freebies. The latest More in Common voting intention poll has 29% of people saying they ...

So, Cluedo fans, who finished off Sue Gray? Was it Chris Mason in the BBC newsroom with the revelation her £170,000 salary ...

By naming McSweeney chief of staff, Starmer has abolished No 10’s dual power structure and given his administration a more explicitly political stamp. One criticism long made of Gray was that, as a ...