Tories demand inquiry into claims Labour’s McSweeney misled elections watchdog

<p>Starmer’s chief of staff used ‘false excuse’ for failing to declare donations to his former thinktank, Conservatives claim</p><p>The Conservatives have called for an investigation into Keir Starmer’s beleaguered chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, after allegations he tried to mislead the elections watchdog over donations to a Labour thinktank he ran while in opposition.</p><p>The organisation, Labour Together, was fined £14,250 by the Electoral Commission in 2021 over its handling of almost £740,000 of donations. The Tories have claimed that it used a “false excuse” of administrative errors.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/23/tories-demand-inquiry-into-claims-labours-mcsweeney-misled-elections-watchdog">Continue reading...</a>