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Sami Quadri

Keir Starmer ‘beergate’ event was planned, leaked memo claims

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of being “dishonest” after it emerged the curry he shared with colleagues during lockdown had been planned in advance, reports have claimed.

A leaked memo drawn up days before the gathering at an MP’s constituency office in Durham set out plans to "arrange takeaway" from a local eatery, according to the Mail on Sunday.

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