Labour Together ‘making clean break’ after former director resigns as minister
The Guardian World
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editorMarch 1, 2026
Thinktank’s board distances itself from Josh Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire lobbying firm to investigate journalists
A Labour thinktank that helped Keir Starmer into No 10 has said it is making a “clean break” from the past after its former director, Josh Simons, resigned as a minister over a report falsely linking journalists to a “pro-Kremlin” network.
The board of Labour Together distanced itself from Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire a lobbying firm to investigate Sunday Times, Guardian and independent reporters who were looking into its failure to declare more than £700,000 in donations.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/1/2026