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  "path": "/2026/02/09/starmer-loses-key-aide-as-mcsweeney-quits-over-mandelson-scandal?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss",
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  "textContent": "UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been left politically more exposed after the resignation of his Downing Street chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, a central architect of Starmer’s rise inside Labour and a key operator at the heart of government.",
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