Sir Keir Starmer must end the “cover-ups” by releasing documents held on the Prime Minister’s ex-communications chief Matthew Doyle, the Conservatives have declared.
Kemi Badenoch is threatening to force a vote on documents connected to Lord Doyle’s appointment to the House of Lords after it was revealed the now-suspended peer was close friends with convicted paedophile Sean Morton.
Sir Keir faced similar pressure over documents held on Lord Mandelson, with the Prime Minister buckling to pressure to release thousands of papers on his appointment as the UK’s Ambassador to the US.
In a fresh attack, a Tory spokesman said: “There was an investigation into Matthew Doyle by his new chief of staff. There was reporting on the front of the Sunday Times.
“How on earth is Keir Starmer once again trying to claim ignorance? Kemi Badenoch wrote to Starmer last week demanding the release of the advice he received before making another associate of a paedophile a peer.
“We must know what he knew and when. It’s time to publish the papers in full, including details of the Downing Street investigation and his correspondence with the House of Lords Appointments Commission. No more cover-ups.”
