Starmer's Director of Communications, Tim Allan, resigned a few minutes ago
Next will be Starmer
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/09/keir-starmer-director-of-communications-tim-allan-step-down
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has stepped down after only five months in the job, his resignation coming a day after the prime minister’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, also departed.
Allan said in a brief statement: “I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success.”
The resignation is another blow to Starmer’s position amid a furious row about the decision to make Peter Mandelson ambassador to Washington despite his close links to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer addressed Downing Street staff on Monday to reiterate his regret at Mandelson’s appointment, while insisting that his government could now “go forward from here”.
