UK Labour leaders Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner will not be fined for ‘beergate’

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Uk Labour Leaders Keir Starmer And Angela Rayner Will Not Be Fined For ‘Beergate’
UK Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy leader Angela Rayner. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA
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By Tom Wilkinson, PA

UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner have not been handed fixed-penalty notices for allegedly breaching lockdown regulations on a trip to Durham last year, police have said.

Both had previously promised to step down if they were found to have broken the rules during a visit to the city in April 2021, ahead of the Hartlepool by-election.

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Sir Keir was videoed drinking a bottle of beer over a takeaway curry with colleagues in the offices of Mary Foy MP.

It later emerged Ms Rayner was also at the gathering, dubbed “beergate” by some.

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