Sir Keir Starmer’s fightback against an attempted Labour leadership coup has been overshadowed by a fresh scandal involving one of his closest former aides. Labour announced on Tuesday evening that it had suspended Sir Keir’s former communications chief Matthew Doyle, whom the prime minister elevated to the House of Lords in December, over his links to a convicted paedophile, former councillor Sean Morton. The latest development will raise fresh questions over Sir Keir’s integrity and judgement,