Partygate: Keir Starmer says Labour will keep pressing Boris Johnson

Labour leader says cannot pass over' the fact prime minister and other officials broke the law

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.