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House Democrats are considering pushing aside some of their most senior leaders from top posts in the next Congress, driven by a worry that aging members are not up to the task of countering President-elect Donald J. Trump and his loyal Republican allies in Congress.

Ian Harvey was the most senior doctor at the Countess of Chester Hospital when the nurse killed seven infants and tried to take the lives of seven others between 2015 and 2016.

In October, the BBC announced details of a review into preventing abuses of power, in the wake of revelations about Huw Edwards, formerly its most senior news presenter, who committed offences involving child abuse images.

Ian Harvey, now retired, was the most senior clinician at the Countess of Chester Hospital when Letby murdered seven babies and tried to kill seven others between June 2015 and June 2016.

The Conservative government left the courts in financial limbo until June because it failed to settle their funding, the most senior judge in England and Wales has told MPs.