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Sophie Wingate

No 10 not aware of Lord Doyle’s links to paedophile before peerage – minister

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to reveal the vetting process (Andrew Matthews/PA) - (PA Archive)

Downing Street was not aware Sir Keir Starmer’s former communications chief had campaigned for a paedophile when his peerage was announced, a minister has said.

Lord Matthew Doyle apologised after having the Labour whip removed over his links to Sean Morton, who he campaigned for in 2017 after he had been charged over indecent images of children.

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