Starmer can’t afford to sack McSweeney, MPs say as new year coup rumours swirl

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The prime minister says he has been ‘assured’ nobody in Downing Street briefed against his health secretary amid claims chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is ‘unsackable’

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Sir Keir Starmer could face a leadership challenge as early as the new year as Labour MPs claim the prime minister is now unable to sack his chief of staff because it would hasten his own departure.

Starmer can’t afford to sack McSweeney, MPs say as new year coup rumours swirl

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