US EditionKeir Starmer faces fresh questions over judgment after Lord Doyle controversy
Lord Matthew Doyle was stripped of the Labour whip after supporting Sean Morton, a convicted child sex offender, raising questions about vetting and Starmer's decision-making.
- On Tuesday, Sir Keir Starmer faces renewed questions after Lord Matthew Doyle's peerage, announced on December 10, was stripped of the Labour whip amid controversy over campaigning for Sean Morton.
- Internal timelines reveal that No 10 delayed action after discovering that Lord Matthew Doyle's campaigning was not disclosed, only acting earlier this week following the Sunday Times report from December 27.
- Labour officials say Kate Watson flagged the link on 4 December, and Tim Allan said Doyle told him he believed Morton before his conviction during discussions with Morgan McSweeney.
- Calls to remove Doyle’s honour intensified after ministers and MPs criticised the appointment, but Downing Street declined to commit to stripping the peerage, citing concerns about prejudicing a Labour Party investigation.
- Talk of a civil service shake-up has intensified, with calls to reform No 10/Downing Street culture and to start from scratch on appointing a new Cabinet Secretary, critics say.
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Evening Standard
Keir Starmer faces fresh questions over judgment after Lord Doyle controversy
Lord Doyle has had the Labour whip removed.
UK PM Faces Backlash for Appointing ANOTHER Pedo-Linked Lord.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Labour peer Lord Matthew Doyle was suspended from the party over his links to a convicted pedophile councillor, Sean Morton.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Lord Matthew Doyle, Sean Morton, and female Labour Members of Parliament (MPs).WHEN & WHERE: The controversy surfaced following Lord Doyle’s January appointment to the House of Lords, with the suspension occurring this week.KEY QUOTE: “Matthew Doyl…
The Independent
The Independent (US)Starmer ‘knew ex-comms chief Lord Doyle supported paedophile councillor’
Matthew Doyle told Starmer’s communications chief he supported Sean Morton prior to his conviction, but did not reveal he campaigned alongside him
House of Lords Authorities Contradict Labour's Dodgy Doyle Peerage Defence
Downing Street is tying itself in knots over Matthew Doyle’s peerage. At the post-PMQs huddle of journalists, Labour’s spokesman insisted there is “no established precedent for withdrawing a peerage after the nomination stage”, claiming that’s why the government ploughed on despite revelations about Doyle’s links to a convicted sex offender. The line from Starmer is…
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