PM should not have to copy any Starmer resignation, says minister

Boris Johnson (right) has already received a fixed-penalty notice over a lockdown event. Keir Starmer has said he will resign if he is issued with an FPN. Photograph: Getty Images

The policing minister, Kit Malthouse, has said if Keir Starmer were to resign over an alleged breach of lockdown rules it does not automatically mean the prime minister should do the same.

In a statement on Monday, the Labour leader said he would do the “right thing” if he was issued with a fixed-penalty notice in relation to a gathering in Labour offices in Durham in April last year.