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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer pulls out of speaking event amid fresh questions over lockdown beer and curry

Labour leader’s bid to build on encouraging local election results undermined by Durham Police inquiries

The Independent UK

Monday briefing: Where we are in the fight to end the pandemic

In today’s newsletter: It might feel like the pandemic is over, but is too early to pretend the virus has disappeared? Nimo Omer speaks with the Guardian’s Hannah Devlin to find out

The Guardian - UK

Barrister and Covid expert explains why he doubts Keir Starmer broke ANY lockdown laws

I struggle to see how Durham police could decide that, in fact, they have a better understanding of the political necessity of the Leader of the Opposition’s schedule right before the local election, says Adam Wagner

Daily Mirror

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Leaked Beergate memo could clear Starmer, lawyer believes

Adam Wagner, a barrister specialising in lockdown rules, says document shows purpose of meal was political, not social

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer should not resign if fined over Beergate ‘fluff’, says Rees-Mogg

Labour leader should be left to get on with ‘issues of great importance’, says Tory minister

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer doesn’t have to dazzle to beat the Tories

Letters: Readers discuss the performance of the Labour leader, and his party, in the latest elections

The Guardian - UK

The Tories have had a poll disaster – so why are we talking about takeaway curry?

Beergate has helped Boris Johnson get through what should have been a perilous weekend, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

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What is Beergate and why does it matter?

Keir Starmer having a beer and takeaway has potentially become a resigning matter after reopening of investigation

The Guardian - UK

Liberal Democrats fail to rule out coalition pact with Labour at next election

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey did not rule out a deal with Labour to oust the Tories at the next general election - but said he was focused on holding 'this wretched Government to account'

Daily Mirror

From Barnard Castle to Beergate: Durham police chief at centre of national row again

Jo Farrell, who was criticised for not questioning Dominic Cummings over lockdown trips, is now investigating Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK

Lisa Nandy: Sir Keir Starmer ‘is Mr Rules, he does not break the rules’

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab accused Sir Keir of ‘complete hypocrisy’ over the Durham beer-and-curry event being investigated by police.

The Independent UK

Partygate: Metropolitan Police fines ‘issued over No 10 Christmas party’

Fresh fines said to have landed at No 10, as ministers ramp up ‘Beergate’ attacks on Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Keir ‘did not break the rules’ and it ‘was not illegal to eat’, says Lisa Nandy

Lisa Nandy said it was ‘absurd’ to link the events seen in Downing Street to Sir Keir’s alleged work visit break

Evening Standard

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

Sir Keir last week suggested the meal, the subject of a police inquiry, had been a spontaneous event

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Daily Mirror

Lisa Nandy brands Starmer "Mr Rules" and rejects Tory mudslinging over lockdown curry and beer

Labour's Lisa Nandy said it was 'absurd' to compare Keir Starmer having a takeaway with campaigners ahead of a by-election to the 12 gatherings in Downing Street being probed by police

The Guardian - UK

‘He is Mr Rules’: Labour denies leak shows Starmer broke lockdown laws

Tories claim document published in Mail on Sunday proves Labour leader is guilty of ‘rank double standards’

The Guardian - UK

Was no gravestone left unturned to smear Keir?

Even the dead didn’t escape Nadine Dorries’s cynical misinformation campaign

Evening Standard

Dominic Raab says Tory election results a ‘mixed bag’ despite losing nearly 500 seats

Mr Raab added that although results had been difficult, Labour struggled outside of London

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The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson’s Tories exhibit the morbid symptoms of a fin-de-siècle regime

Intellectual exhaustion and rampant sleaze often characterise parties which have been squatting on power for too long

Chronicle Live

The week in North East politics: local elections, beergate and more

There was good and bad news for the Labour party in the region this week as parts of the region went to the polls

The Guardian - UK

Letters: not at university? The odds are stacked against you

Those who do not go into tertiary education face structural inequalities, yet the government will not level the playing field

The National (Scotland)

Don't act against Boris Johnson despite local election losses, minister begs MPs

A CABINET minister yesterday issued a plea for Tory MPs not to act against Boris Johnson as questions were raised over his leadership following the…

The Independent UK

Tories step up pressure on Starmer over ‘beergate’ row

A leaked memo suggested the beer and curry Sir Keir Starmer had with colleagues during coronavirus restrictions was planned in advance.

The Independent UK

Johnson faces post-election headaches after Tory losses and Sinn Fein triumph

Boris Johnson faces a fresh Brexit battle with Brussels over the Northern Ireland Protocol

The Independent UK

But what does it all mean? Eight lessons learned from key local elections

At the start of the week, The Independent identified a series of crucial battlegrounds. Here’s what happened and what they might tell us about a future general election

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