At the time Sir Keir Starmer was pictured drinking a beer with people in an office, people in England were banned from mixing indoors apart from for work.
Last week the Labour Party confirmed that Angela Rayner was also present at the eventProbed on the matter on Monday, he told reporters:"We were working. It was days before the election. We paused for something to eat.Asked if he would like to issue any further clarification on what to place, the Labour leader continued:"There was no party, no breach of the rules.
"If they spent as much energy and as much focus on people's bills and the tax that they are whacking people for then millions of people would be grateful for that."But I have got nothing to add."Parties clash over cost of livingSpeaking on Sky News' Ridge on Sunday programme, the Labour leader said his party made a"genuine mistake" when it said Ms Rayner was not at a campaigning event in Durham that he was photographed at drinking a beer.
"I know what is going on here, we have got an election on Thursday and there are just Tory MPs trying to throw mud around because they have got nothing to say on the central issue of the cost of living."
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