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Starmer faces PMQs amid pressure over why ex-No 10 aide friendly with sex offender was given peerage – UK politics live

globalFebruary 11, 2026
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Starmer faces PMQs amid pressure over why ex-No 10 aide friendly with sex offender was given peerage – UK politics live
Labour has removed the whip from Matthew Doyle, Starmer’s former director of communications, who only recently became a peerGood morning. At PMQs last week Keir Starmer had to face questions
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Labour has removed the whip from Matthew Doyle, Starmer’s former director of communications, who only recently became a peer

Good morning. At PMQs last week Keir Starmer had to face questions about a Labour peer with a paedophile friend. Today he seems likely to face questions about another peer in this category.

As Peter Walker reports, yesterday Labour said it had removed the whip from Matthew Doyle, who only recently became a Labour peer, having previously served as Starmer’s director of communications.

Keir Starmer handed a peerage to Matthew Doyle despite knowing about his ongoing friendship with a man charged with child sex crimes.

The Prime Minister has now suspended the whip, but he must come clean about what he was told before making this appointment.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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