Johnson and Sunak should retain Covid convictions, says Starmer
by Jessica Elgot from World news | The Guardian on (#6NMK1)
Labour leader says Tories calling for amnesty on rule-breakers are out of touch with people who paid high price
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak should not have their convictions removed for breaking Covid rules, Keir Starmer has said, amid calls from Conservative former cabinet ministers to nullify criminal convictions for Covid rule-breakers.
Starmer said they should not have their convictions removed, though ex-ministers have made the case that 28,000 people who were given the convictions should have their slates wiped clean.
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