Documents reveal Labour Together's covert campaign against Jeremy Corbyn's leadership
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PAUL HOLDEN, Jessica Murray, JOHN McEVOY
Summary
Newly released documents from a subject access request reveal how Labour Together, led by Morgan McSweeney and Josh Simons, covertly worked to undermine Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the UK Labour Party. McSweeney later became Keir Starmer's chief of staff, and Simons became a cabinet minister before resigning over hiring a reputation management firm to undermine journalistic investigations. The documents expose internal strategies and communications aimed at combating the British left within the party.
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They contain emails from Labour Together's two key figures Morgan McSweeney and Josh Simons.
McSweeney went on to be Keir Starmer's chief of staff while Simons became a cabinet minister until he resigned following revelations that he had hired a reputation management firm to 'proactively undermine' journalistic investigations.
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