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Man arrested on suspicion of selling Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone | Politics | News

Man arrested on suspicion of selling Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone | Politics | News

A 28-year-old man is believed to have been arrested on suspicion of selling former Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone. The phone was reportedly stolen in Pimlico, central London, on October 20 last year. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “Officers investigating the theft of a mobile phone in Belgrave Road, Pimlico, on October 20, 2025, have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of handling stolen goods. The arrest took place on Wednesday, April 29 at an address in Peckham. The man was taken into police custody and later bailed. He is suspected of receiving the phone after it was stolen and then selling it on. He is not suspected of any involvement in the original theft. “The phone has not been recovered.” The arrest marks a significant development in a case that has sparked considerable concern regarding the security of high-ranking Government officials. Mr McSweeney, a key architect of the Labour Party’s recent electoral success and a central figure in Keir Starmer’s inner circle, was targeted in what appeared to be a …

Labour MPs face a ‘lose-lose’ vote on Starmer sleaze inquiry

Labour MPs face a ‘lose-lose’ vote on Starmer sleaze inquiry

Pity the poor Labour MPs who will be expected to walk through the lobbies on Tuesday to decide whether Sir Keir Starmer should be investigated for contempt of the House. Privately, a number of them are already complaining about being in a “lose-lose situation” with Sir Keir expected to ignore the precedent set by Boris Johnson in April 2022 and whip his MPs to vote against the move. As one Labour MP put it, if they vote to support a Privileges Committee inquiry into whether the prime minister misled parliament, they will be “inviting months of chaos and speculation” while needlessly handing the Conservatives a win. But many are reluctant to back a seriously wounded prime minister who is expected to face a serious challenge to his leadership within weeks despite him making a personal appeal to them at a Monday evening showdown with the parliamentary party. His appeal to them to “look at the big picture” did not have the impact he hoped for with one MP noting that “the big picture is how …