A man has been arrested on suspicion of receiving former Downing Street Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney’s stolen mobile phone and then trying to sell it on, The i Paper understands.
McSweeney previously said his government-issued mobile phone was stolen while he served in the role on 20 October 2025 – around a month after the Prime Minister sacked Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.
In the latest development in the case, first reported by The Times, a 28-year-old man was arrested in Peckham, south London, on suspicion of selling McSweeney’s phone after it was stolen. The phone has not been found.
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