SIR Keir Starmer accepted a £20,000 accommodation freebie — so his son could study for his GCSEs. The Prime Minister defended using the luxury home, owned by long-term party donor Lord Alli. The PM said that he had promised his lad he would find him somewhere to study away from the media attention during the general election campaign.
He told the BBC: “Somebody then offered me accommodation where we could do that. “I took that up and it was the right thing to do.” But former Cabinet minister Esther McVey said the stay was registered from the end to May to the middle of July, when the exams were from May 9 to June 19.
READ MORE ON KEIR STARMER She added: “Unfortunately for Starmer the dates don’t tally.” The Tories have also challenged Sir Keir seemingly using Lord Alli’s Central London Covent Garden pad. He used it to film a 2021 political broadcast reacting to Covid regulations — as well as later making a tribute to the late Queen.
A Tory spokesman said: “He should now explain why he didn’t declare the use of Lord Alli’s penthouse for political purposes, and why he was not honest about passing off someone else’s house as his own.” Most read in The Sun No10 insisted Sir Keir did not break any lockdown rules by using the flat..
