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Labour failed to prepare for power, admits PM's former top aide

BBC News · Jul 2, 2026, 12:23 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • Figure caption, Morgan Mc Sweeney: We hadn't done enough to prepare for government
  • Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff has conceded that Labour failed to properly prepare for power in the run-up to its landslide general election win.
  • In his first media interview, Morgan Mc Sweeney told the BBC's Nick Robinson he did not yet have all the answers for the prime minister's dramatic downfall just two years after he led the party back into office.

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Figure caption, Morgan Mc Sweeney: We hadn't done enough to prepare for government

Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff has conceded that Labour failed to properly prepare for power in the run-up to its landslide general election win.

In his first media interview, Morgan Mc Sweeney told the BBC's Nick Robinson he did not yet have all the answers for the prime minister's dramatic downfall just two years after he led the party back into office.

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