Keir Starmer Could Have Blocked Peerage For Ex-Spin Doctor Linked To Paedophile

Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQs.

Keir Starmer could have blocked the peerage of his former spin doctor over his links to a convicted paedophile even after it was announced, it has emerged.

The prime minister is at the centre of a fresh crisis over his decision to put Matthew Doyle into the House of Lords last month.

On Tuesday, Labour suspended Doyle, who was the No.10 director of communications until last March, after it emerged he campaigned for Sean Morton,...