Keir Starmer did not break covid lockdown rules by meeting voice coach — minister

UK health minister Karin Smyth defended the prime minister, saying he was working to prepare for interviews in the run up to the UK leaving the EU

UK prime minister Keir Starmer denied breaking lockdown rules (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Keir Starmer was working when he met a voice coach during the winter of 2020 and suggestions that it broke covid lockdown rules are “mudslinging”, a UK minister has said.

The British prime minister has denied breaching restrictions in place during the coronavirus pandemic by working with a communication skills specialist on a response to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.