UK PM Keir Starmer's communications director quits

"I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success," Allan said in a brief statement.

Allan is the fourth communications chief to leave No 10 Downing Street in less than a year, and served in the post for five months.

Allan served as an adviser to Tony Blair from 1992 ​to 1998 ​and went on ​to found and lead ​one of Britain's foremost public affairs consultancies in 2001. In September 2025, he was appointed executive director of communications at Downing Street.