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Tim Allan

Tim Allan

Former Downing Street Director of Communications

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Notable Quotes

"I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success." — Resignation statement, February 9, 2026

Stories

Starmer government unravels over Mandelson-Epstein appointment

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Resigned February 9, 2026

Morgan McSweeney, who engineered Labour's 2024 landslide, resigned on February 8, 2026, taking responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador despite ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Communications Director Tim Allan quit the next day—the fourth comms chief to leave Starmer's administration in 18 months.

Updated May 27