Starmer defends borrowing £18m flat as place for son to study during election

PM gives human' reason for accepting offer from Labour donor Waheed Alli and says no cash changed hands

Keir Starmer has defended borrowing an 18m penthouse flat from the Labour donor Waheed Alli during the election, saying he took the offer so that his son would have a place to study for his GCSEs without having to walk past journalists and protesters outside their family home.

The prime minister brought up the human" reason for having moved his family out of his Kentish Town house, saying no cash changed hands as a result of the move.