Sir Keir Starmer used a Labour donor’s £18 million London penthouse to record a video message urging Britons to work from home during Covid. In the newly-unearthed clip from December 2021, Sir Keir attacked Boris Johnson ’s government for its response to the pandemic. He also urged people to work from home and get booster jabs to protect the NHS amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
Labour sources have insisted no rules were broken. Footage shows Sir Keir in front of a picture of his wife Victoria and their two children and an assortment of Christmas cards. Critics have accused the then-Labour leader of creating the impression, especially given the “sticking to the rules” message being delivered, that the video was shot at the Starmer family home in Kentish Town.
But on Wednesday night it was reported that filming took place at former TV mogul and fashion boss Lord Alli’s luxury home in the Covent Garden. Sir Keir had to defend use of the accommodation for his son to study for his GCSEs during the general election campaign. The donation was declared in the MPs’ register of member’s financial interests and listed as being worth £20,437.
28. He told Sky News that he was not going to “let my son fail or not do well” in his exams while journalists were outside the family’s £2m townhouse in north London. Speaking to the broadcaster from New York City, where he is attending the UN General Assembly, Sir Keir said that the election had been called “not when .