Investigation Launched into Minister Josh Simons Over Journalist Inquiry

Minister Josh Simons is under investigation for commissioning a report on journalists' backgrounds in 2023 while leading Labour Together. Find out why.

#JoshSimons, #KeirStarmer, #LabourTogether, #JournalistInvestigation, #CabinetOffice

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Minister Josh Simons is being investigated for hiring a PR firm to look into journalists' sources in 2023. This is a serious claim against a government minister.

#JoshSimons, #KeirStarmer, #LabourTogether, #JournalistInvestigation, #CabinetOffice

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Minister Josh Simons faces probe for ordering journalist background checks in 2023

Minister Josh Simons is under investigation for commissioning a report on journalists' backgrounds in 2023 while leading Labour Together. Find out why.

Labour minister #JoshSimons #resigned after the Guardian revealed he falsely linked #journalists to a “pro-Kremlin” network: Simons, who had been under pressure for Labour Together’s commissioning of a PR firm to investigate reporters, claimed he was unaware of the report’s scope. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/28/minister-josh-simons-resigns-labour-together?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network

Makerfield MP had been under pressure concerning thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reporters

The Guardian

I see Labour's 'dirty tricks' in the Gorton and Denton byelection and I see them here, and ultimately they all lead to one man.....the Prime Minister

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/23/josh-simons-investigation-labour-together-reporters-keir-starmer

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Keir Starmer opens investigation into Josh Simons over targeting of reporters

PM asks ethics adviser to examine conduct of Cabinet Office minister amid Labour Together scandal fallout

The Guardian
Westminster’s reliance on Elon Musk’s X is ‘totally wrong’, says Labour MP

Exclusive: Josh Simons, close ally of Starmer, suggests Musk manipulates platform’s algorithm to boost his own interests

The Guardian
Who Is ‘Starmtrooper’ Josh Simons?

Josh Simons, the 30-year-old director of Starmermite 'Super Pac' Labour Together, has just been handed a safe seat. A former Corbyn staffer, Simons claims he left the party over antisemitism. New evidence suggests otherwise. Rivkah Brown asks: what is he really about?

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