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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Lord who served as Starmer's comms chief stripped of Labour whip over links with paedophile

Sir Keir Starmer's former communications chief, who was made a Lord by the Prime Minister, has apologised for his past association with a paedophile councillor after being stripped of the Labour whip.

Lord Matthew Doyle campaigned for ex Labour councillor Sean Morton when he ran as an Independent at local elections in May 2017, five months after he had first appeared in court charged in connection with child abuse image offences.

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