Pressure mounting on PM to dismiss his chief of staff

PRESSURE continues to mount on Sir Keir Starmer to sack his most senior adviser amid the fallout from the Peter Mandelson scandal.

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Labour MPs yesterday issued further calls for Sir Keir to dismiss his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who they blame for Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador despite the peer’s links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Backbencher Simon Opher called for a “clearout at Number 10” telling the BBC's Today programme: “If my chief of staff had done this, I think he would be looking for another job”

Others calling for Mr McSweeney's departure include veteran MP Clive Efford and Southport’s Patrick Hurley, who suggested another job should be found for him running the party’s campaigns rather than the Government.