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Keir Starmer faces backlash after No 10 secretly pressured top civil servant Olly Robbins to appoint disgraced aide Matthew Doyle as ambassador, sparking a diplomatic row. Labour MPs criticized Downing Street for forcing through the controversial post amid a vetting leak inquiry into Lord Mandelson. The scandal deepens tensions within the party over cronyism allegations.
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