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2026-09-16 · Politico

Keir Starmer’s top aide Morgan McSweeney tried to set up a No. 10 think tank

LONDON — A top aide to ex-Prime Minister Keir Starmer wanted the government to set up a think tank that would sit outside the usual scrutiny which applies to 10 Downing Street, he told a private event Tuesday. Morgan McSweeney came to believe it was “impossible” for No. 10 to be strategic and moved to create a new “function that sits outside government,” he told an audience in central London. POLITICO obtained a recording of his comments at the event, from which journalists were barred . “One of the things that I was working on when I was leaving No. 10, and I would have kept working on this, is that I think it’s impossible for No.

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