Old political hands regard the furore over Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves installing cronies into government jobs as par for the course and certainly no worse than what the Tories have done for more than a decade.
The row showed no sign of abating this week, as it emerged that Alli had run an operation to think about who the Labour government would like to get prominent public appointments as they come up in the next few years.
Reeves moved to defuse the row over Corfield, a former executive for a credit card company, by moving him to the role of an unpaid political adviser.
The prime minister's spokesperson was forced to clarify on Friday that Alli was not involved in any government or policy decisions and that public appointments are made by ministers and departments.
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