{"id":467352,"date":"2026-02-08T23:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467352\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:31:09","slug":"why-morgan-mcsweeneys-resignation-matters-for-sir-keir-starmer-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/467352\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Morgan McSweeney&#039;s resignation matters for Sir Keir Starmer &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5uR3hDd2dONF9VTVhxVnlRdzh5ekVSMGRaVFhzaUZNRHlGaktGNFBsdDBFMkhhckx6YndGU1pWRHVsNWx3OXlSRnRRVWdKX2tIbnFxc0dYUzgyQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why Morgan McSweeney&#8217;s resignation matters for Sir Keir Starmer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQWk0wMlEzbzBxQ0c0TGJQcE1lRDNFN1JpSDJoY1lOZ3N5bHoxRU1nZWItemVzQXhkZzBfSGphYWp1eXRacjJMbXQtVTZXNEJPenMxc3pxaGlkdUZtblVEcjA3UUhqR3VrQU03Zk5ndG9EYm9rNE9kaUZzYk1lZG9TdnBCTU1xalJzekFNMzZBNmxOTlV4dWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK prime minister&#8217;s powerful chief of staff quits amid Epstein fallout<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxONThNZlB5eTNwSDdyQjF3MDYwWGc0UkE5WEJRVzdZclJJTUt2Z25KcmJjaW8yY1lWcHJFT2FTdzM4cWpxQWFJRGZLYkRONFZPNDNuVTNHdlQtUnRadV9EYnBwamhHblRHcll3MXhLU0RGakZMbXNjRjhzby1EU2JYelBxZUFVZmM0LTBLUFlFeWt1R04yT0l2YW1qXzg4bnpxLWx1elhMYXlSdHVt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">For some, McSweeney resignation removes obstacle to eventual downfall of Starmer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOSEttaGpnX0M5bXQ1WkRGUDI5ckFaeXVGNjNKWEVoTXV3c3U2NUxDSDdtS2xIUW1NTW5ZM3BHbTVvQVNyMFJ6QzMtREJoVFhCbnQzWFdRaURmcHpUaEhEYWpwT0NVSmJUaTlKTjFDWEJFZ2tZeTlOb0t3dEZYMjZ4ZXpCUURmZW5aRnhZTTRuZ085T1YtMEhYSjc2SnBuSGJGY3llWEdITjFub0pUbXpPaG1qcERfWTNvT0s5ZEdyVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top Starmer aide quits over appointing Epstein friend to key post<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;smh.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQekt1bjRkaXEyQVdBQ2FDclpWVHZjZFExYkdqUVFHb1F4a1EyMzFWR3VIT0J6TmxQTXh1UG90emowc2xIOGJtb2hGMVBwWHR4Ri1zYzM1dlNadkM2dTZUNXNrZ2UwRUNpaUhRSzF6WEc5R1o1endIUE4zYVJUdHJrQmtVa3JCZUFZSFpFZVBNTmkzUUhnSnM3dS130gGfAUFVX3lxTE9ka3FuUHByOXo5SUJ1am05ME1LUjIydkdoNjBycHR3N2s1MXAteWJXTU5EeUFXdFJPUFEzbklvZGRWdW9tR0hTRkludVI2REdOVTU1TjBkalluWEx2ZzhfeVZpUDRleU9kVnRPYjlZSTlQUGsySFdnUUZwMGNyWmsxcHVLc0RUMWp4Zm9TaFgwaG1ZckNsT2ZCTXpPUHdzQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK PM\u2019s top aide quits over Mandelson\u2019s links to Epstein<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Morgan McSweeney&#8217;s resignation matters for Sir Keir Starmer&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCUK prime minister&#8217;s powerful chief of staff quits amid Epstein&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-467352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}