Sir Keir Starmer is facing renewed questions about his judgment in a row over the appointment of his former spin doctor to the House of Lords after the aide campaigned for a paedophile councillor.The Prime Minister said on Wednesday ex-communications chief Lord Matthew Doyle, who supported Sean Morton after he had been charged with having indecent images of children, had not given a "full account of his actions" when he was given a peerage.

Sir Keir Starmer is facing renewed questions about his judgment in a row over the appointment of his former spin doctor to the House of Lords after the aide campaigned for a paedophile councillor.The Prime Minister said on Wednesday ex-communications chief Lord Matthew Doyle, who supported Sean Morton after he had been charged with having indecent images of children, had not given a "full account of his actions" when he was given a peerage.