The Latest Breaking News from Morgan McSweeney

Critics said the twin assault on Labour by Trump and Musk – two experts at grabbing attention – had the hallmarks of a ‘phoney war’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday played down allegations made by Donald Trump's team of "blatant foreign interference" by his Labour Party in the US election, saying it was normal for its volunteers to campaign.

Prime minister must show he values the many senior female voices in a post-Sue Gray No 10

Many prime ministers at some point find themselves in a situation where nothing they do seems to go right. It happened to Jim Callaghan in the late 1970s, to Gordon Brown in the 2000s and to every Conservative prime minister since 2019.

Sue Gray out, Morgan McSweeney in, Simon Case to leave … the churn highlights how vital the right staff are to any PM’s success, says author Anthony Sneldon

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden stressed the senior civil servant had ‘been through quite a lot in the last few weeks’

Keir Starmer has suffered a tumultuous first 100 days as Prime Minister. A strategic reset needs to restore voter confidence in his administration

News analysis: Just days after Boris Johnson likened Dominic Cummings to a ‘homicidal robot’ in his new book, Keir Starmer seems to embrace the idea of putting a ruthless, analytics-obsessed genius in charge of his Downing Street operation, writes The Independent’s politics editor David Maddox

After fewer than 100 days, it’s hard to think of anyone who has squandered so much electoral capital so quickly for so little, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde