{
  "id": 7736880,
  "title": "Why ministers paid £2m to influencers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/why-ministers-paid-2m-to-influencers",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-16T07:36:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/podcast/politics-at-sam-and-annes/why-ministers-paid-2m-to-influencers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at how political communication has changed – from Keir Starmer’s government paying influencers to promote its message, to Andy Burnham putting himself front and centre of the social media operation. Sam has a scoop on how much it all costs. Elsewhere, former Number 10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeny […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}