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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart

Partygate: Keir Starmer says Labour will keep pressing Boris Johnson

Keir Starmer is interviewed by Sophie Raworth on BBC’s Sunday Morning
Keir Starmer is interviewed by Sophie Raworth on BBC’s Sunday Morning. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA

Keir Starmer has defended Labour’s determination to keep pressing the prime minister over parties in Downing Street during Covid lockdowns, saying even Conservative MPs were “sick of defending the indefensible”.

Challenged about whether he had focused too much on Partygate, the Labour leader insisted his party could not just “pass over” the fact that Johnson had been issued with a fixed-penalty notice (FPN), along with Rishi Sunak and scores of officials.

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