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Alison Phillips
Downing Street Deputy Chief of Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Chief of StaffJames Purnell
Preceded byVidhya Alakeson
Jill Cuthbertson
Downing Street Transition Director
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Preceded byOffice established
Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister for Transition and Organisational Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born1970 (age 55–56)
Essex, England
PartyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
OccupationLobbyist, journalist

Alison Phillips (born 1970) is an English lobbyist and former journalist who served as the editor of the Daily Mirror between 2018 and 2024. She was recently the chief executive of the Blairite pressure group Labour Together.[1]

Biography

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Phillips grew up in Essex and attended the University of Leeds. She first worked as a reporter for the Harlow Star Weekly Newspaper. She has worked for the Brighton Argus, Connors News Agency and Woman. She was the deputy features editor in 1998 on the Sunday People magazine.[2]

In 2016, Phillips launched The New Day, a national newspaper which aimed to deliver politically neutral news, primarily for a female audience.[2][3] Its launch was sceptically received by media commentators.[4] The new venture failed to reach target circulation and was closed two months after its launch.[5][6] Later that year she was made Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Trinity Mirror papers.[7][8]

Daily Mirror

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In 2018, Phillips was named as the Editor of the Daily Mirror,[9] making her its first female editor since its very first editor in 1903, Mary Howarth. She often writes and speaks about gender equality and the gender pay gap, including at her own company.[10][11]

She is a regular media commentator, often appearing on programmes such as the BBC's Politics Live[12] and ITV's This Morning.[13] In June 2018, she was a guest on BBC One's Question Time, declaring that the Brexit negotiations had made Britain "a global laughing stock".[14]

In 2018 she was named a "Columnist of the Year" at the National Press Awards,[15] for her weekly Wednesday column in the Daily Mirror.[16] The column often covers working-class family issues from a broadly left-wing perspective. Under her editorship, the Daily Mirror's stance on Brexit was critical of the Conservative government, but remained opposed to calls for a second referendum.[17] Phillips succeeded Eleanor Mills as chair of the Women in Journalism pressure group in February 2021.[18][19]

Phillips stepped down as editor-in-chief of the Daily Mirror at the end of January 2024.[20]

Hope Not Hate

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On 24th March 2025, Philips was appointed as director at Hope not Hate Ltd[21], the political campaigning arm of left wing activist group Hope not Hate. [22]

Labour Together

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In September 2025, Phillips became CEO of Labour Together, a think tank supporting the Labour government and Prime Minister's office.[23] In July 2026, Phillips left her role as CEO of Labour Together and assumed office as Downing Street Transition Director, she was replaced by Labour Together's Executive Director of Political Strategy, Ed Owen, who will serve as Interim CEO until a permanent one can be chosen in 6 months.[24]

Downing Street Transition Director

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On 20 July 2026, Phillips departed to become Downing Street's first ever Transition Director.[25] Initially, Phillips was assigned to lead Andy Burnham's transition team during his leadership campaign but after Burnham became Prime Minister on July 20 2026, she was appointed to lead the transition from Keir Starmer's government to Andy Burnham's government and help oversee the reorganisation of Downing Street and the formation of No. 10 North.[26]

References

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  1. ↑ Steerpike (16 February 2026). "Labour Together in turmoil over smear campaign". The Spectator. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 Greenslade, Roy (6 March 2016). "Alison Phillips: 'The New Day is about looking behind the news'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Sweney, Mark (29 February 2016). "New Day editor Alison Phillips: 'We threw out all previous thinking'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Greenslade, Roy (20 March 2016). "The New Day got off to a terrible start, and Trinity Mirror's bosses are to blame". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "New Day paper to close after poor sales". BBC News. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "New Day Editor Snipes At Critics With Euthanasia Gag In Paper's Final Issue". HuffPost. UK. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Sweney, Mark; Jackson, Jasper (12 May 2016). "The New Day's former editor made deputy editor-in-chief of the Mirror". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Mayhew, Freddy (13 May 2016). "Former The New Day editor Alison Phillips appointed deputy editor-in-chief of Mirror titles". Press Gazette. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  9. ↑ InPublishing. "Editorial changes at Mirror, Express and Star". www.inpublishing.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Phillips, Alison (22 March 2018). "Diary: Why I don't want to become the Mirror's Margaret Thatcher". New Statesman. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Female journalists in bid to reduce Trinity Mirror gender pay gap - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage". HoldtheFrontPage. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "BBC Two - Politics Live". BBC. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "Is posting boasting?". ITV This Morning. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "BBC Question Time". Facebook.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Winners of National Press Awards announced by Jessie Sampson". Newsworks. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "Alison Phillips - Mirror Online". www.mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  17. ↑ Greenslade, Roy (30 September 2018). "Why the Daily Mirror is having to tread a Brexit tightrope". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  18. ↑ Mayhew, Freddy (10 August 2021). "Mirror editor Alison Phillips on Cummings lockdown scoop, not being woke and the market for good news". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  19. ↑ Brown, Mariella (9 February 2021). "Mirror editor Alison Phillips takes over as WIJ chair". Society of Editors. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  20. ↑ Bushby, Helen (15 January 2024). "Daily Mirror editor-in-chief Alison Phillips stepping down". BBC News. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  21. ↑ "HOPE NOT HATE LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  22. ↑ McIntyre, Jody (28 May 2026). "Is this the real reason "Hope not Hate" are backing Burnham?". Canary. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  23. ↑ LabourList Staff (25 September 2025). "Alison Phillips appointed as new chief executive of Labour Together". LabourList. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  24. ↑ https://thinklabour.co.uk/thinking/statement-on-our-ceo/
  25. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/andy-burnham-keir-starmer-no-10-advisers
  26. ↑ https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/andy-burnham-bolsters-no-10-new-hires
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