Keir Starmer's top aide in hot water over £740k sneak donations, legal advice leak revealsA senior Labour legal adviser told Keir Starmer's chief of staff to describe £740,000 in hidden donations as an "admin error", leaked emails have revealedView 3 Images A Labour legal adviser instructed Starmer's chief of staff to brand £740,000 in concealed donations (Image: Getty)A top Labour legal adviser directed Keir Starmer's chief of staff to dismiss £740,000 in hidden donations as merely an "admin error", leaked emails have revealed. The email cautioned that inability to provide backing evidence might provoke the Electoral Commission during its probe into the situation. That is why we are calling on the Electoral Commission and the police to urgently investigate." Systematic concealment pattern surfacesUpon becoming director in 2017, Mr McSweeney initially followed proper procedures for declaring donations to the organisation. He outlined attempts to "guide" the Electoral Commission towards implementing an administrative penalty that would "minimise publicity".