"Senior female Labour parliamentarians have urged Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to appoint a woman to a new powerful role at the top of government. The prime minister faced calls to name a woman as his first secretary of state - currently a vacant post - during a meeting of female Labour MPs and peers in Parliament. Two women in the room said Sir Keir had agreed to consider the proposal, as well as making tackling misogyny one of his government's missions."
"He has faced calls to resign over his decision to appoint Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US, despite knowing about the peer's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Sir Keir's judgement is also being questioned over the peerage given to former communications chief Lord Doyle, who lost the Labour whip over his links with a convicted sex offender."
Senior female Labour parliamentarians pressed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to appoint a woman as his first secretary of state and to make tackling misogyny a government mission. Sir Keir attended a meeting after Prime Minister's Questions, where Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused him of running a "boys' club" in Downing Street. He has faced calls to resign over appointing Lord Mandelson as ambassador to the US and over the peerage for former communications chief Lord Doyle. Sir Keir apologized for the Mandelson appointment and committed to working with the Women's PLP on cultural change. A source said he was in "listening mode" and a "feminist ally".
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