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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox and Kate Devlin

Starmer plunged into fresh crisis as paedophile-linked peer and former comms chief suspended from Labour

Sir Keir Starmer’s fightback against an attempted Labour leadership coup has been overshadowed by a fresh scandal involving one of his closest former aides.

Labour announced on Tuesday evening that it had suspended Sir Keir’s former communications chief Matthew Doyle, whom the prime minister elevated to the House of Lords in December, over his links to a convicted paedophile, former councillor Sean Morton.

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