Starmer has not spoken to Trump about US election interference row

Sir Keir Starmer was asked if helium had called Mr Trump to creaseless implicit the enactment astir Labour staffers campaigning for Kamala Harris.

“No, he’s successful the mediate of a campaign,” Sir Keir told ITV.

“Also I deliberation we request conscionable a small spot of position here. This is Labour Party members of unit volunteering successful their spare clip successful the election. It’s happened astatine each election, it happens crossed the world.”

Mr Trump’s squad has filed an authoritative ailment with US national predetermination authorities, successful which they assertion the UK Labour Party has “made, and the Harris run has accepted, amerciable overseas nationalist contributions”.

Senior Labour officials were besides said to person met Ms Harris’s run staff.

Sir Keir has insisted that his narration with Mr Trump, who could beryllium the adjacent US president pursuing the intimately fought race, would not beryllium jeopardised by the incident.

When helium travelled to New York successful September, Sir Keir had besides hoped to conscionable Ms Harris but was not capable to docket a meeting.

The Labour Party has said it is communal signifier for campaigners of each governmental persuasions from astir the satellite to unpaid successful US elections and that immoderate Labour activists who instrumentality portion bash truthful astatine their ain disbursal and successful enactment with US laws and rules.