Makerfield MP has been under pressure over thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reporters
The Labour minister Josh Simons has resigned from the government after the Guardian revealed that he falsely linked reporters to a “pro-Kremlin” network in emails to GCHQ despite having claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” about a PR firm’s investigation into their journalism.
Simons, who had been a Cabinet office minister, previously ran the thinktank Labour Together. He quit on Saturd...
PM asks ethics adviser to examine conduct of Cabinet Office minister amid Labour Together scandal fallout
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Keir Starmer has opened a formal investigation into a Cabinet Office minister involved in falsely accusing journalists of having links to pro-Russian propaganda.
The prime minister’s decision follows revelations in the Guardian that Josh Simons, who was running the thinktank Labour Together at the time, was also involved in telling British intelligence ...
Josh Simons failed to declare gifts from Labour donor within the stipulated 28 days of receiving them
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A Cabinet Office minister under investigation over his role in allegedly smearing journalists has made a late declaration of personal donations.
Josh Simons is facing an investigation from the prime minister’s independent adviser on ministerial standards over his role in commissioning a PR agency to examine journalists who had written about £730,000 in unde...
Sir Keir Starmer has initiated an ethics investigation into a Labour cabinet office minister following allegations that a Labour think tank funded an inquiry into journalists.
