Starmer’s top aide made low-key Brussels trip as No 10’s EU reset efforts continue

Morgan McSweeney met EU counterparts before Christmas as Downing Street poised to hire new foreign adviser

Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, made a below-the-radar trip to Brussels last month, as No 10 prepares to appoint its own foreign affairs adviser to help bolster the Downing Street policy operation.

As the UK's attempts at a reset" with the EU continue behind closed doors, No 10's most senior aide made the trip to meet counterparts in Brussels before Christmas.