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

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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’Keir Starmer’s former communications chief Matthew Doyle “did not give a full account of hi
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Keir Starmer defends his actions as Kemi Badenoch asks why Matthew Doyle was given ‘a job for life’

Keir Starmer’s former communications chief Matthew Doyle “did not give a full account of his actions” before being nominated for a peerage, the prime minister has told the Commons after it emerged Doyle had campaigned for a friend charged with possessing indecent images of children.

Doyle, a longstanding Starmer aide who stepped down as the No 10 head of communications last March, was suspended on Monday from the Labour whip in his new role in the Lords after reports about his actions.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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