{"id":316387,"date":"2026-02-09T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-to-face-labour-mps-after-director-of-communications-and-top-aide-quit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:00:06","slug":"starmer-to-face-labour-mps-after-director-of-communications-and-top-aide-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/starmer-to-face-labour-mps-after-director-of-communications-and-top-aide-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer to face Labour MPs after director of communications and top aide quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/V_Zie_2jXq4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Starmer to face Labour MPs after director of communications and top aide quit\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_Zie_2jXq4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Within the last hour, Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s director of communications Tim Allan has announced he is stepping down.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as the prime minister prepares to meet mutinous Labour MPs, after his top aide, Morgan McSweeney, resigned yesterday over the scandal surrounding Peter Mandelson&#8217;s connections to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Tim Allan said he was standing down to allow \u201ca new No 10 team to be built&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the last hour, Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s director of communications Tim Allan has announced he is stepping down. 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