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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Adam Maidment

Angela Rayner says she won't appeal if she is found to have broken Covid rules over 'beergate' gathering

Angela Rayner has said she will not appeal if she is found to have broken coronavirus rules by Durham Police over a so-called ‘beergate’ gathering last year. The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne is alleged to have had a beer and a takeaway with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and MP Mary Foy at Durham Miners Hall in April last year when indoor social gatherings were still banned.

Speaking to BBC’s Today programme on Friday (July 8), Rayner said she would accept the findings of the investigation and would not appeal against the police’s conclusions.

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