Police will be taking no action over claims a voice coaching session for Sir Keir Starmer in December 2020 broke Covid lockdown rules. A Met Police spokesperson said the alleged incident fell outside the three-year deadline for initiating proceedings related to pandemic-era legislation.

The Tories say the Labour prime minister has questions to answer over Christmas Eve meeting with Leonie Mellinger

Communication skills specialist Leonie Mellinger is understood to have joined both the Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves to work during the pandemic.

Sir Keir Starmer has defended meeting a voice coach during the winter of 2020, saying “I was working” while the Tories were “partying”. The Prime Minister has denied breaching restrictions in place during the coronavirus pandemic by working with a communication skills specialist on a response to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.