Sir Keir Starmer accused of breaching Covid lockdown rules on Christmas Eve 2020

SIR Keir Starmer has been accused of breaching Covid lockdown rules connected Christmas Eve 2020.

Tory MPs person asked wherefore helium gave his dependable manager Leonie Mellinger “key worker” presumption truthful she could sojourn him.

At the time, Sir Keir was astatine Labour’s London HQ moving connected improving his speaking style.

The revelation emerged successful caller book, Get In, serialised successful The Sunday Times, which charts Labour’s instrumentality to power aft 14 years.

The book, serialised successful The Sunday Times, reveals: “He considered her relation truthful indispensable that Mellinger adjacent qualified for “key worker” presumption during the pandemic.

“She visited Labour office successful a disguise connected Christmas Eve successful 2020, advising Starmer arsenic helium considered his effect to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.”

Shadow Minister Richard Holden has written to the PM to quiz him implicit the development.

The Tory said: “You’ve said ‘honesty and decency matters’. I anticipation you volition dainty these questions to you with the aforesaid standards that you asked of others.”

Lord Kempsall said: “Starmer was calling for tougher Covid measures the time earlier helium met his dependable manager successful idiosyncratic astatine Labour HQ successful London truthful helium could person immoderate vocal training, portion the metropolis was nether tier 4 restrictions.”

It comes aft Sir Keir was cleared by Durham Police erstwhile helium had a curry and brew successful an MP’s bureau successful April 2021 aft saying helium would resign if helium broke rules.

Ex-PM Boris Johnson told the state that Christmas plans couldn’t proceed arsenic planned owed to the caller Covid variant.

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