Furious female Labour MPs have called on Sir Keir Starmer to appoint a woman to a powerful new role to end the “boys’ club” culture in No 10, which has been exposed by the Peter Mandelson and Matthew Doyle scandals that have rocked his premiership.
Harriet Harman, one of the most senior figures in the party, urged the prime minister to fill the vacant post of first secretary of state – once held by Lord Mandelson – with a female candidate as he addressed the recent chaos during a meeting of female Labour MPs and peers in parliament.
