12 Feb 2026

UK: PM faces new questions over former staffer with ties to sex offender

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 12 February 2026

UK correspondent Natasha Clark looks at questions put to Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his former communications chief Matthew Doyle - who was made a Lord in December - and his ties to a convicted sex offender.

Former PM Gordon Brown has called for a full investigation into UK links to Epstein sex trafficking, saying there's been a monumental failure to protect women.

And survivors of abuse by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayad want their cases investigated as sex trafficking, as the company confirms 180 people are engaged with talks about compensation.

Natasha Clark is political editor LBC London