Senior Starmer aide to stand down

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Sir Keir Starmer’s director of communications Matthew Doyle is to step down from his role after just nine months in the post.

The 49-year-old served as a special adviser to former prime minister Tony Blair and led communications for Liz Kendall’s leadership campaign in 2015.

Doyle wrote in a letter to colleagues in Downing Street that “when I started working for…