Starmer has confidence in minister linked to investigations into journalists

We've just been hearing from the prime minister's spokesperson.

They were asked about Josh Simons, the Cabinet Office minister, in connection with the revelations about Labour Together.

This is the thinktank that is linked to Labour, and reported over the weekend to have collected information on journalists.

Simons was in charge of the thinktank at the time - around the end of 2023 and start of 2024.

As we reported earlier, the Cabinet Office is looking into whether there is any connection to the government.

But the spokesperson stated that Sir Keir Starmer has full confidence in Simons.

In a statement to The Sunday Times report on Simmons said he "was surprised and shocked to read the report extended beyond the contract by including unnecessary information" on a journalist.