Keir Starmer: “About 15” people were at the “beergate” gathering

Prior to that, Sir Keir avoided answering questions about a certain number of people at the rally.

Asked in January on the LBC radio call Call Keir answered in general terms and said: “I usually have about six with me – whether it was six or not, I don’t know, usually when I travel around the country, we have about six people with us.”

Speaking at Loose Women, he said: “I put everything at stake because I think it’s the right thing to do. It’s the complete opposite of the prime minister.”

Sir Keir insisted did not break the rules in Durham and said he was “confident” the police would come to the same conclusion. He said the police investigation of “beergate” was a “completely different situation” than the investigation of parties on Downing Street.

The Labor leader told the program that the “bigger point” of his promise to resign was maintaining public confidence in politics.

He said: “How many times do I hear ‘you are all the same, you will not do the right thing’. I think trust is all in politics. I put everything at stake for this honor and this integrity because I do not believe all politicians are equal.”