Keir Starmer says police have not contacted him about meal in Durham

Labour leader discusses footage of him drinking beer and says he was careful to follow lockdown rules

Keir Starmer has confirmed that Durham police have not contacted him about drinking a beer and eating a takeaway with staff in a constituency office last year as he said that said he was always very careful" to abide by lockdown rules.

The Labour leader gave his first full explanation of what happened on the night in April last year, after days of coverage from the Daily Mail and Tory MPs urging police to look into the incident.