Keir Starmer responds to claims Douglas Alexander broke ministerial code

Douglas Alexander was introduced to a lobbying firm set up by Peter Mandelson which had links to Russia and China (Image: PA)

DOUGLAS Alexander has "no further case to answer" despite failing to declare a meeting with a lobbying group set up by Peter Mandelson, the Prime Minister has said.

The SNP earlier this month demanded the Prime Minister's independent ethics adviser investigate whether Alexander had broken the ministerial code.