"The Conservatives have called for an investigation into whether Sir Keir Starmer failed to declare support from the think tank Labour Together during his 2020 leadership bid. In a letter to Parliament's standards commissioner, Tory Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake said details had come to light suggesting Sir Keir received polling and speechwriting help from the group - run at the time by Morgan McSweeney, now his chief of staff."
"Hollinrake claimed publicly available information and details published in Get In - a book by journalists from the Times newspaper on the prime minister's rise to power - showed Labour Together gave Sir Keir polling, messaging and speechwriting help as he competed to take over from Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. Over the same period Sir Keir listed support from some Labour Together backers in his parliamentary register of interests, but not any "donations in kind" from the group itself."
Conservatives have asked Parliament's standards commissioner to investigate whether Sir Keir Starmer failed to declare support from think tank Labour Together during his 2020 leadership bid. Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake cited details suggesting Labour Together provided polling, messaging and speechwriting assistance while Morgan McSweeney ran the group. Morgan McSweeney later became Sir Keir's chief of staff. Sir Keir listed some Labour Together backers in his parliamentary register but did not record any 'donations in kind' from the group. Labour and Downing Street say no monetary or in-kind donations were accepted and that declarations were made properly. Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook called the claims mudslinging.
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