Keir Starmer told to change phone number as he gets ‘too much unsolicited advice’

Labour leader has people ‘popping up from 20 years ago telling him what they think’

Sir Keir Starmer has been advised to change his mobile number as he has been getting “too much unsolicited advice”.

A senior Labour official told The Sunday Times that “people are popping up from 20 years ago telling him what they think”.

Sir Keir is understood to receive counsel from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, though officials said the former prime ministers would be given the current Labour leader’s new mobile number if he were to change it.