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No 10 Senior aide to quit after nine months in role

The Guardian

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March 29, 2025

Keir Starmer's director of communications, Matthew Doyle, is standing down from his role after nine months in No 10, the Guardian understands.

- Pippa Crerar

No 10 Senior aide to quit after nine months in role

Doyle is the second senior member of Starmer's team to be in post for less than a year after the election, following the departure of Sue Gray as his chief of staff in the autumn.

The senior special adviser is understood to have decided to go after feeling he had stabilised No 10's communications strategy and narrative over the past few months, following the turbulence of the early days in government.

Doyle, who had previously worked for Tony Blair, joined Starmer's team in 2021 as the interim communications director, making him one of the prime minister's most longstanding aides. He is expected to stand down from the role with immediate effect.

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