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Labour urged to 'come clean' after 'disgraceful' drinks invite for paedo-linked peer

Keir Starmer has been urged to 'clean' over how and why a now suspended paedo-linked Labour peer was spotted in attendance at an event…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer admits his former spin doctor was considered for top ambassador job

Calls for an inquiry as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accuses PM of delivering ‘cronyism and an old boy’ club’

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer does not deny No 10 considered giving Lord Doyle diplomatic job

The Prime Minister said there were ‘often conversations about other roles’ when staff leave roles ‘in any organisation’.

Evening Standard

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Keir Starmer fails to deny Lord linked to paedophile was considered for top diplomatic job during fiery PMQs

During a fiery Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir faced grilling over his former spin doctor Matthew Doyle

Evening Standard

No 10 ‘secretly pushed Olly Robbins to give ambassador job to disgraced Starmer aide’

Matthew Doyle, Keir Starmer’s former communications chief, was suspended by Labour over his past association with paedophile councillor Sean Morton

The Independent UK

Olly Robbins: I was asked to find job for Starmer aide and not tell David Lammy

Sacked civil servant says No 10 pushed Foreign Office to find diplomatic role for Matthew Doyle without informing foreign secretary

The Guardian - UK

Public will value my honesty in call for Starmer to quit, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was pressed on whether his own position has been weakened by the events of this week.

Evening Standard

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Keir Starmer faces fresh questions over judgment after Lord Doyle controversy

Lord Doyle has had the Labour whip removed.

Evening Standard

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy condemns Labour briefings ‘dripping with misogyny’

It comes after the Prime Minister held talks with female Labour parliamentarians earlier on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

‘Clearly not’: Lucy Powell asked if she would have ennobled Lord Doyle

The peer, who has had the Labour whip removed, earlier apologised and said he believed Morton’s initial assertions of innocence.

Evening Standard

Pam Duncan-Glancy defends her relationship with convicted paedophile

The Labour MSP has been suspended from the party due to her ties with Sean Morton.

Evening Standard

Starmer urged to appoint a woman as first secretary of state to tackle misogyny

It comes as the Prime Minister was accused of ‘stuffing Government with hypocrites and paedophile apologists’.

Evening Standard

Furious women MPs turn on Starmer over ‘boys’ club’ scandals

PM faces questions over his judgement after admitting paedophile-linked peer ‘did not give a full account of his actions’

The Independent UK

Lord Doyle did not give full account of his actions, PM says amid peerage row

No 10 said it was not aware Sir Keir Starmer’s former aide had campaigned for a paedophile when he was appointed to the Lords.

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Evening Standard

Starmer accused of catastrophic lack of judgement over jobs for 'paedophile apologists' in angry PMQs clash

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tears into the PM’s decision to give peerage to former No10 communications chief Matthew Doyle

Evening Standard

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

Sir Keir Starmer’s former spin doctor had the Labour whip removed over his ties to a paedophile councillor.

The Guardian - UK

Aide linked to sex offender ‘did not give full account’ before he was given peerage, PM says

Keir Starmer defends his actions as Kemi Badenoch asks why Matthew Doyle was given ‘a job for life’

Evening Standard

Labour chairwoman: Lord Doyle should lose peerage over ties to paedophile

Anna Turley has suggested Sir Keir Starmer’s former communications chief had not told the truth before being elevated to the House of Lords.

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The Guardian - UK

Former senior aide to Starmer loses whip over friendship with sex offender

Labour peer Matthew Doyle has apologised for links to Sean Morton who was convicted of possession of indecent images of children

Evening Standard

PM’s former spin doctor Lord Doyle apologises over paedophile councillor links

Lord Matthew Doyle campaigned for Sean Morton in 2017 after he had been charged over indecent images of children.

Evening Standard

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

Lord Matthew Doyle campaigned for ex Labour councillor Sean Morton when he ran as an Independent at local elections in May 2017

The Independent UK

Starmer’s ‘put up or shut up’ message to his rivals is overshadowed by a new scandal

NEWS ANALYSIS: It was clear that, after the failed coup on Monday, Sir Keir needed to come out, face the public and issue a defiant message to show he will not back down. But news that his former communications chief has lost the Labour whip means any respite will be…

The Independent UK

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

Matthew Doyle apologises for his past association with paedophile councillor Sean Morton – but his suspension raises fresh questions about the PM’s judgement following the Mandelson scandal

Evening Standard

Swinney orders investigation into Scottish Government dealings with Mandelson

Peter Mandelson is being probed by police over allegations of misconduct in public office.

Evening Standard

Mandelson should not have been US ambassador, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said the appointment was ‘clearly a mistake’.

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