North West Durham MP Richard Holden has been accused of wasting police time by a Labour frontbencher and fellow North East politician.
The Conservative MP has been pushing for an investigation into Sir Keir Starmer drinking a beer with colleagues during Covid restrictions while on a visit to the North East last year.
But Bridget Phillipson, who is the Shadow Education secretary and MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, has said Mr Holden was wrong to ask Durham Police to re-examine "this nonsense." And she has insisted Labour leader Sir Keir had not broken any rules.
