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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was dragged into the MPs’ sleaze row last night for allegedly using his Commons office for party political campaigning.
He faced claims that he may have broken the MPs’ code of conduct by using his taxpayer-funded office for ‘Call Keir’ Zoom calls.
The Labour leader was pictured in his Westminster HQ launching a programme of ‘virtual public meetings’ last year.
Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer makes his opening remarks for the session at the beginning of the first "Call Keir" online meeting
According to party supporters, that first event, in spring 2020, was followed by a second ‘Call Keir’ meeting in the Labour leader’s office in October last year.
The programme of hour-long Zoom meetings was advertised on the Labour Party website as events where ‘Keir Starmer will listen to and answer questions from the public’.
However, the Commons code of conduct states that ‘Members shall ensure that their use of public resources is always in support of their parliamentary
