Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Tony Blair's former chief of staff as his national security adviser.



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UK appoints 'uniquely qualified' Jonathan Powell as national security adviser

Jonathan Powell will replace Sir Tim Barrow, who has held the role since September 2022.

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The former Downing Street chief of staff has been awarded a top government job, sparking fury.

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Jonathan Powell ‘uniquely qualified to advise Government on challenges ahead’ after a decade working under former prime minister

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Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Sir Tony Blair’s former chief of staff Jonathan Powell as National Security Adviser.

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LONDON - Britain on Friday named Jonathan Powell, the former chief of staff to ex-prime minister Tony Blair and a key negotiator in the Northern Ireland peace process, as its new national security adviser.

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Jonathan Powell will take over from Sir Tim Barrow in the role based in 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office said.

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Britain on Friday named Jonathan Powell, who was chief of staff to former prime minister Tony Blair, as its national security adviser, a role that will involve responding to global threats and building ties with Donald Trump's new US administration.

Powell, who also served as a diplomat in Britain's Foreign Office for 10 years, played a major role in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 which largely ended three decades of sectarian vio

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Involved in the Good Friday Agreement negotiations and a special envoy to war-torn Libya, Jonathan Powell has substantial foreign policy chops. But his links to Sir Tony Blair and the Iraq War may prove controversial.

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The Prime Minister said his experience in helping to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement and working on 'some of the world’s most complex conflicts' meant he was 'uniquely qualified'.

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Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Tony Blair's chief of staff Jonathan Powell - who negotiated the Chagos Islands surrender and led a bungled attempt to spy on Russians with fake rocks - as the UK's new National Security Adviser.



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