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Minister Josh Simons resigns after Labour Together claims

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Minister Josh Simons resigns after Labour Together claims

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United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days ago

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Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons resigns after Labour Together claims

Simons faced claims the think tank he used to run commissioned a report which looked into the background of journalists.

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Absolutely fantastic job from Democracy for Sale 👏👏👏

https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labour-together-broke-the-law-dark-money-mcsweeney-simons-starmer

https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-morgan-mcsweeneys-labour-together-investigators-journalists

They were the ones who originally reported that Josh Simons broke the law. The Guardian and other papers only quoted them.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/06/labour-thinktank-close-to-morgan-mcsweeney-allegedly-paid-firm-to-investigate-journalists

Congratulations. Democracy for Sale just took down a powerful politician from office. Quality journalism matters.

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