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Starmer battling for survival after his chief of staff resigns | Sky News coverage and analysis
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22:13Now PlayingSir Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival as calls for him to step down grow, after the resignation of his top aide over the Peter Mandelson scandal.
The embattled prime minister is expected to face the Parliamentary Labour Party today amid anger over his appointment of Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US, despite knowing that his links with Jeffrey Epstein continued after the financier's conviction for child sex offences.
It comes after chief of staff Morgan McSweeney announced he would step down on Sunday amid the fallout from the Mandelson row.
Mr McSweeney said the decision to appoint Lord Mandelson to the role "was wrong", before saying, "I advised the prime minister to make that appointment and I take full responsibility for that advice".
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