A man has been arrested on suspicion of trying to sell the Prime Minister’s former chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone.
Mr McSweeney phoned 999 to report that the device had been stolen in Westminster on October 20 last year.
At the time, he told officers that it was a ‘government device’ but did not inform them he was Sir Keir Starmer‘s chief of staff.
He was given a crime reference number and the case was later closed – but it was later reopened after the theft became public knowledge.
On Wednesday, officers from the Met Police arrested a 28-year-old man in Peckham, southeast London, on suspicion of selling the stolen phone.
This is a breaking news story and is being updated.