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Keir Starmer faces fresh questions over judgment after Lord Doyle controversy

Sir Keir Starmer (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer is facing renewed questions about his judgment in a row over the appointment of his former spin doctor to the House of Lords after the aide campaigned for a paedophile councillor.

The Prime Minister said on Wednesday ex-communications chief Lord Matthew Doyle, who supported Sean Morton after he had been charged with having indecent images of children, had not given a “full account of his actions” when he was given a peerage.

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