Article 6ZXZX Labour comms director helped write manifesto while still working at TikTok

Labour comms director helped write manifesto while still working at TikTok

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Kiran StaceyPolicy editor
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Exclusive: James Lyons rewrote 2024 election pledges over evenings and weekends' before his exit from social media company

A senior executive at TikTok helped write the Labour manifesto while still working at the Chinese-owned technology company, he has said.

James Lyons, who left his post as Keir Starmer's director strategic communications last week, wrote on LinkedIn that he was asked last year to help write the party's election pledges while he was still working for the social media platform.

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