Keir Starmer’s comms chief follows Irish aide in quitting to make way for ‘new No 10 team’

Mr Starmer, meanwhile, told staff at Downing Street that they must “go forward from here” and prove that politics can be a “force for good”.

Another key ally of Keir Starmer has quit as the British prime minister fights for his political survival amid the fallout of the Peter Mandelson scandal.

Downing Street communications chief Tim Allan said he was standing down to allow “a new No 10 team to be built”.