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 about a Labour peer with a paedophile friend. Today he seems likely to face questions about another peer...
<p>Labour has removed the whip from Matthew Doyle, Starmer’s former director of communications, who only recently became a peer</p><p>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.</p><p>As <strong>Peter Walker</strong> 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.</p><p>Keir Starmer handed a peerage to Matthew Doyle despite knowing about his ongoing friendship with a man charged with child sex crimes.</p><p>The Prime Minister has now suspended the whip, but he must come clean about what he was told before making this appointment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/feb/11/pmqs-keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-labour-matthew-doyle-peter-mandelson-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>
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