is facing further backlash after he used a donor’s flat to record an address calling for the public to work from home at the height of the pandemic. The prime minister used £18m penthouse to speak to the nation back in December 2021, when he was leader of the opposition and government regulations aiming to curb were still in place. No.
10 has insisted in the recording of that broadcast. The address aired on BBC One on December 13, 2021, the same day the whole of England was to be to prevent the spread of the variant. Anyone who could was encouraged to work from home.
During the speech, Starmer could be seen sitting behind a desk with a photo of his family on the bookshelf behind him. the then-leader of the opposition told the UK: “It will be easy to let the festivities we’ve all been looking forward to divert us from our national duty. “Getting jabbed, wearing masks, and working from home if we can really will help prevent infections and help prevent the NHS being overwhelmed.
” Starmer also used Alli’s property to record a similar broadcast on September 8, 2022, following the late death. The Labour leader did not declare either of these uses of the flats in the MPs register of interests, because it fell below the threshold of £300. However, Starmer is facing significant backlash already for all of the freebies he has registered since 2019, which work out to more than £100,000.
He has declared a £20,437.28 donation from Lord Alli for when he moved into the 5,000.