Downing Street has admitted that Matthew Doyle’s links with Sean Morton were ‘thoroughly investigated’ before he was nominated for a peerage
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Downing Street has admitted that Matthew Doyle’s links with Sean Morton were ‘thoroughly investigated’ before he was nominated for a peerage
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Matthew Doyle told Starmer’s communications chief he supported Sean Morton prior to his conviction, but did not reveal he…
Matthew Doyle has apologised for his past association with a paedophile councillor Sean Morton
The ex-communications chief was made a Labour peer after leaving Downing Street in March 2025, but was suspended from the…
Labour has removed the whip from Matthew Doyle, Starmer’s former director of communications, who only recently became a peer
Keir Starmer nominated the ex-communication chief for peerage in December
Lord Matthew Doyle is the latest in a string of high-profile resignations from the party
