Tories demand inquiry into claims Labour’s McSweeney misled elections watchdog

Starmer's chief of staff used false excuse' for failing to declare donations to his former thinktank, Conservatives claim

The Conservatives have called for an investigation into Keir Starmer's beleaguered chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, after allegations he tried to mislead the elections watchdog over donations to a Labour thinktank he ran while in opposition.

The organisation, Labour Together, was fined 14,250 by the Electoral Commission in 2021 over its handling of almost 740,000 of donations. The Tories have claimed that it used a false excuse" of administrative errors.