The spin chef of Sir Keir Starmer stops in Downing Street after just nine months, NO10 confirmed today.
Matthew Doyle, who also served as the communication head of Sir Keir in opposition, leaves to shake a stir for shaking the prime minister's topper.
There will now be two NO10 Joint Directors of Communications, in which the role of Mr Doyle is fulfilled by his former deputy, StepH driver and former Tiktok employee James Lyons.
Sir Keir brought tribute to Mr Doyle because he “had worked tirelessly on my side every day” since the summer of 2021.
He is supposed to leave immediately after he felt that he had stabilized the government's communication strategy after the rocky first few months in function of Labor.
As reported by the Guardian, Mr Doyle told his team in an e -mail that it was 'time to pass the baton'.
He wrote: 'When I started working for Keir four years ago, not many people thought we could win a general election and certainly not in the emphatic way we did.
'That was due to the hard work and the determination of so many people and of course the leadership of Keir.
“I am incredibly proud of the part I played to give back our party to the government and the change that we are already bringing to the country.”
The spider chef of Sir Keir Starmer stops in Downing Street after just nine months, NO10 confirmed today
Matthew Doyle, who also served as Sir Keir's Communications Chief in opposition, leaves to cause a stir of the prime minister's top staff
Doyle is the second senior employee who leaves No10 since Labor won power in July last year.
His departure follows the output of Sue Gray as Staff Chef van Sir Keir in October, which came with other NO10 assistants after regular reports of tensions.
Mr Lyons joined Downing Street of Tiktok – where he was the head of the social media site in Europe – as part of a 'reset' of Sir Kir's premiership in the aftermath of Baroness Gray's Exit last fall.
MS Driver is NO10's current deputy communication director.
A spokesperson for NO10 said that Mr Lyons would now fall Street Director of Communications – Strategy, while MS Driver would be Director of Communications – delivery.
Sir Keir said: 'Matthew brought his considerable experience to my team in the summer of 2021 and has since worked tirelessly on my side every day and played a leading role in Labor's historical election profit.
'On a personal level it has been a real privilege to work with him. On behalf of the entire team, I wish him the very best in his next role. '
