Keir Starmer’s head of communications, Matthew Doyle, leaves only nine months in Downing Street

Gentleman Keir Starmer‘S The head of communications is resigned from his role after a turbulent nine months Downing Street.

Matthew Doyle, who was also special councilor Under Tony Blair AND Gordon BrownHe is resigning as director of communications with immediate effect.

Him is the second senior member by Sir Keir’s tEam to leave in less than a year after his former chief of staff His Greywho was forced to go out in a power struggle with his successor Morgan McSweeney.

It is believed that Mr. Doyle has decided that now it is time to resign after hearing that he has stabilized the communication strategy and the narration of No 10 in recent months, following the turbulence of the first days of the government, The guardian reported.

In one and -mail to his team seen from the newspaper, he said: “When I started working for Keir four years ago, not many people thought that we could win a general election and certainly not in the emphatic way.

“I am incredibly proud of the part that I have recited in returning our party to government and the change that we are already bringing to the country.

“Now it’s time to pass the witness.”

Doyle said that the Downing Street political team was in “a nice trip” and said it will make the government encourage “from the margin”.

It is not replaced directly, but will play its role between the deputy director of communications, Steph Driver and James Lyons, a former head of communications by Tiktok who has been a strategic consultant since the beginning of this year and will take on the director of the communication role.

Ms Gray was fired as head of the staff last year after losing a power struggle with the electoral strategist Morgan McSweeney.

It He came while the Prime Minister tried to put his high -level team back Of the consultants in the midst of a terrible start for his government afflicted by fights, a row on the tributes and complaints of not having sent his message on thorny issues such as the abandonment of winter payments.

Matthew Doyle was contacted for a comment.