Vote goes PM’s way but he faces anger from his own MPs who accuse him of creating perception of ‘cover-up’
Keir Starmer has seen off an opposition attempt to refer him to a standards committee over Peter Mandelson’s appointment, after Downing Street deployed its full weight to force Labour MPs to shore up the prime minister.
However, the Labour leader bore the brunt of anger from some of his own backbenchers who accused him of creating a situation where they would be perceived as being complicit in “a cover-up”.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Ben Quinn and Yassin El-Moudden.
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