Whitehall war over Starmer's 'plan' to sack Cabinet Secretary and install Antonia Romeo in top job - with ex-mandarin publicly warning over vetting ⊖
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Former top diplomat Lord McDonald of Salford has taken the highly unusual step of publicly warning No10 against the move.
Labour women's fury over second paedophile crisis: Starmer's judgement savaged over ANOTHER peer's ties to a sex offender as female MPs blast No10 'boys' club' ⊖
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The Prime Minister was skewered in the Commons over his decision to hand a peerage to Matthew Doyle - despite knowing he had stayed friends with a Labour councillor charged with child-sex offences.
Former top diplomat reveals he has tried to stop Sir Keir Starmer making 'Queen of Woke' the Cabinet Secretary ⊖
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Lord McDonald of Salford revealed he has warned No10 against Dame Antonia Romeo being made Cabinet Secretary.
ANDREW PIERCE: Why is the mandarin who backed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador still at the heart of No10? ⊕
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Jonathan Powell had been a vocal champion of Peter Mandelson getting the plum diplomatic role in the US, despite the latter's extensive links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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