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Starmer's Worst Day: Robbins' Bombshell Testimony

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UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces intense criticism as top civil servant Sir Olly Robbins reveals pressure from Number Ten to secure an ambassador post for Lord Matthew Doyle, Starmers former communications chief, who was suspended from the Labour Party over child sexual image charges. Newspapers blast Starmer with harsh headlines, and Labour MPs distance themselves from the PM, marking his worst day yet. Insiders and peers condemn dodgy ally appointments, and Starmer struggles to regain control amidst a storm of scandals and calls for bold action on living costs.

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Starmer's Worst Day: Robbins' Bombshell Testimony

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Starmer's Worst Day: Robbins' Bombshell Testimony. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00On April 22nd, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is taking heavy hits today after top civil servants Sir Oli Robbins testified about intense pressure. From number 10 to line up an ambassador post for Lord Matthew Doyle. Doyle, Starmer's old communications chief, got suspended from the Labor Party earlier this year over his push to get a friend elected councillor, A., friend later convicted on child sexual image charges. These papers are piling on with brutal headlines. From Metro calling it Sovin, Robbins spilling the beans to the telegraph blasting toxic number 10, Fibes. Labor MPs are fuming and big names like Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Foreign Secretary Avent Cooper are publicly pulling back from the PM on. What they're calling his worst day yet, support inside the party looks like it's cracking wide open, with male saying Sir Oli plunge the knife right in. Things are savage too, like one show in Starmer clueless about obvious scandals. Peers and insiders are turning up the heat on these dodgy ally appointments.

1:03Meanwhile, Robbins also dropped details on rushed pushes for Lord Mandelson's role, describing a real atmosphere of, just get it done, urgency from, downing street. The eye paper and guardian led with his explosive parliamentary grilling, painting Starmer as wounded and dressed down by his own cabinet. This storm shows no signs of letting up, with calls for bold fixes on living cause from Angela Rainer barely cutting through the noise Starmer's got. To steady the ship before more cracks turn into a full break.

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